19th century bronze, 53 cm, by Jules MOIGNIEZ 1835 / 1894, Pheasant and Shrew.

Bronze XIX°, by Jules MOIGNIEZ 1835 / 1894, Pheasant and Shrew.

Period: XIX th, Beautiful bronze in lost wax, in very good condition, with marble base in very good condition too.
Signed: Jules Moigniez,
Jules Moigniez artist referenced and listed,
Listing up to €40,000 for group subjects
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Subject: the pheasant and the shrew…
Dimensions: height: 53 cm, length: 50 cm, depth: 28 cm., 27 Kg.

Biography:
Jules MOIGNIEZ 1835/1894
Jules Moigniez is a French animal sculptor, born on May 28, 1835 in Senlis and died on May 29, 1894 in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre.
His father was a metal gilder. Moigniez was a student of Paul Comolera (1818-1897), a great sculptor specializing in birds. His master was Paul Comoléra who was a student of François Rude.
Moigniez exhibited his first sculpture Chien braque arrestant un faisan at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris at the age of twenty.

He then exhibited regularly at the Salon, from 1859 to 1892, where he received an honorable mention in the first year. He presented his sculptures again at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878.
Moigniez enjoyed success, particularly in England and the United States. Indeed, his works were considered remarkably detailed, with very thorough chiselling, complemented by an elegance in the attitudes.

Faced with his son's success, his father created a foundry especially for him. Ill for several years, he committed suicide on May 29, 1894 in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, where he is buried.

Source Bénézit and Pierre Kjellberg, Dictionary of sculptors: bronzes of the 19th century, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1997.

Museums:
Compiègne, Château de Compiègne: The Pointing Dog with Pheasant, 1855, bronze.
Paris, Museum of Hunting and Nature: Wild Boar Hunting, bronze group.
Mont de Marsan Museum

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Bronze visible at our gallery in L’Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.
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