Bronze circa 1900, Georges GARDET 1863/1939, Lioness hunting a Lizard

Bronze circa 1900, Georges GARDET 1863/1939, Lioness hunting a Lizard

Period: circa 1900, very beautiful patina, in very good condition, lost wax bronze.
Signed: yes in the bronze, artist referenced and listed and present in the Museums.
Subject: "Lioness hunting a Lizard"
Dimensions: height: 20 cm, length: 29 cm, depth: 10 cm - 4.5 Kg

Biography:
Georges GARDET 1863 / 1939
Georges Gardet, born October 11, 1863 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and died in the same city on February 6, 1939 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, is a French animal sculptor recognized as very skilled.
Georges Gardet is the son of the sculptor Joseph Gardet and the brother of the sculptor Joseph-Antoine Gardet. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Aimé Millet and Emmanuel Frémiet.
His wife, Madeleine, is the sister of the painter and decorator Jean Francis Auburtin (1866-1930) who participated with him in the Universal Exhibition of 1900.
His talent attracts him many orders from amateurs who wish to keep effigies of their pets or decorate the gardens and parks of their homes, but also many official orders both in France and abroad.
Particularly appreciated for his powerfully shaped wild animals.
He was promoted to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor in 1900. He is a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and the Société des Artistes Français.
He died in 1939 in Paris and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery, next to his father.
Like many artists before him, Georges Gardet practiced sculpture on two levels. Official or private commissions often resulted in the execution of monumental groups intended to adorn public places and aristocratic residences. However, he also created small-format works intended or not for publication.
He received many awards during his career

Gardet's career was launched by the success of large-scale sculptures at the Salon. He quickly received purchase offers and commissions from the State or the City of Paris (e.g. the 1900 World's Fair). Other orders also came from abroad: Mexico (eagle intended to surmount the dome of the Legislative Palace; seated lions framing the entrance to Chapultepec Park), Winnipeg (Manitoba Legislative Palace), Brussels (Laaken Palace), Ethiopia...
Gardet's approach to sculpture differed from that of his predecessors:
Indeed, Gardet renewed the materials traditionally used by animal artists. He not only produced plasters, which were often translated into bronze, but his preference went to rich materials such as ivory or polychrome marble; several of his sculptures were also the subject of replicas in Sèvres biscuit.
Thus breaking with a tradition made essentially of bronzes, he opened his art to the decorative and the art object.
He collaborated with renowned founders such as Barbedienne, Siot-Decauville, Thiebaut, Valsuani.

Students:
Louis-Albert Carvin, Jane Le Soudier, Charles-Joseph Paillet (1871-1937)
Works in public collections:
Lion, Southborough (Massachusetts), Saint Mark's School (en).
Resting Deer, Buenos Aires.
Lion of Judah Monument, Addis Ababa.
In Argentina:
Buenos Aires, Palermo: Resting Deer.
In Brazil:
Rio de Janeiro, Palácio Laranjeiras: two Lions.
In Canada:
Winnipeg (Manitoba), Legislative Palace: Two bronze Bisons and the Golden Boy on the dome of the palace since 19205.
In Ethiopia:
Addis Ababa, Churchill Avenue: Lion of Judah Monument
In France:
Chantilly, Château de Chantilly, vestibule: a pair of Mastiffs.
Choisy-le-Roi: Elephants attacked by a tiger, cast replica by Antoine Durenne after the plaster (1931) by Georges Gardet, deposited by the City of Paris since 19526,7.
Laval, Science Museum: Tiger attacking a turtle; Bison attacked by a jaguar.
Maincy, Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte: work decorating the gardens.
Nantes, Jardin des Plantes: Resting Deer. The restored and reinstalled ensemble was inaugurated on September 14, 2018.
Paris:
Luxembourg Garden: Lion.
Jardin des Plantes: Vulture, bronze.
Montsouris Park: Desert Drama, 1891, bronze group.
Place de la Nation: Sea Monsters (1908), fountains in the Triumph of the Republic basin by Jules Dalou. Removed in 1941 by the German occupiers for recasting for armament. The basin was removed during the construction work of the RER during the 1960s.
Alexandre-III bridge, right bank: The two groups of Lions led by children, 1900.
Sceaux, Sceaux park: two groups of Deer family, installed in 1933 near the Octogone basin.
Voisins-le-Bretonneux, park: Lions.
Maisons-Laffitte, racecourse, pair of Danish dogs.
 
Museum:
Avignon Desert Drama
Blois Buffalo and Jaguar, Lioness and Turtle
Boulogne sur mer Panther
Grenoble Seated Bear
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