Hickmet Fine Arts has dated this Animalier Bronze Monkey Sculpture to the 1850s.
A very fine mid 19th century French animalier bronze study of an anthropomorphic monkey, standing by his baskets with extremely fine hand chased surface detail and rich brown patina; this bronze will make an interesting and unusual addition for any collector. Signed Fratin and raised on a integral naturalistic bronze plinth.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 25 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1840
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
Page No: 322
SKU: 9619
ABOUT
Christophe Fratin
He began exhibiting at the Salon in 1831 showing wax models of the English thoroughbred ‘Farmer’ and a study of Two Bulldogs fighting over a Hare. He worked exclusively as an animalier and produced numerous small busts of dogs, horses, domestic animals and their prey. He exhibited at the salon from 1831 to 1839 and from 1850 to 1864. Among his best known works is the group of two eagles guarding their prey in New York’s Central Park.
Animalier
In the Paris Salon of 1831 when Antoine Louis Barye exhibited his first animal sculpture, one zealous French art critic dubbed him an Animalier: maker of animals, the species deprived of human nobility. This was intended as a criticism and not a flattering title. This perception changed in the 1830’s when the new monarch, King Louis-Philippe gave several public commissions to Barye. The King’s son, the Duc d’Orleans, also became Barye’s patron and by the middle of the 19th Century, any artist was proud to be known as an Animalier.
Although many earlier examples can be found, animalier sculpture became more popular, and reputable, in early 19th century Paris with the works of Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) for whom the term was coined and who became the ‘Father of the Animaliers School’ and Pierre Jules Mêne considered the finest realist sculptor of the era. By the mid-century, a taste for animal subjects was very widespread among all sections of society.
Hickmet Fine Arts has dated this Animalier Bronze Monkey Sculpture to the 1850s.
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Mid 20th Century Animalier Bronze "Singe Avec Paniers" by Christophe Fratin
