Bronze 19th century, 56 cm, MOREAU Louis Auguste 1834/1917, The Art Critic

19th century bronze, MOREAU Louis Auguste 1834/1917, The Art Critic

19th century, lost wax bronze on a red marble base,

Very fine double patina bronze in excellent condition.

Signed: Louis MOREAU, Artprice price up to €8,000 for similar subjects
Subject : the Art critic
Dimensions: total height: 56 cm, width: 30 cm, depth: 25 cm
marble base : diameter : 25 cm, height : 4 cm. Total weight : 14,300 Kg

Biography :
Auguste MOREAU 1834 / 1917
Auguste Louis Mathurin Moreau, born February 22, 1834 in Dijon and died November 11, 1917 in Malesherbes, was a French sculptor.
Auguste Moreau was the son of sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau and the younger brother of sculptors Hippolyte Moreau and Mathurin Moreau.
He took up sculpture with his older brother Mathurin.
He made his debut at the 1861 Salon and continued to play an active role at the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he was a member. He appeared at the 1910 Salon with Saint Jean et Le Message, a marble statuette.
His favorite subjects - allegories, putti and cupids - are treated with realism and grace.
Auguste was the only one of his siblings not to have received an official award. He is buried in the communal cemetery of Les Lilas.
Auguste Moreau produced mainly art bronzes. Several of his works are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux.

Museums :
Bordeaux: Harvesting Child
Dijon: Amour guettant les papillons, Cupid, Ismael, Mme Olivet-Moreau
Reims: Amour à l'oiseau
Gray: La Boudeuse ou La Cruche cassée, bronze with brown patina, 58 × 20 × 19 cm, on loan from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Gray, Musée Baron-Martin.

Source Bénézit and Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs - Bronze du XIX° by Pierre Kjelberg, Editions de l'amateur, this bronze is referenced and pictured on page 507.

Sold with Invoice and Certificate.

Bronze on view at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), weekends.
Free shipping within France.
And on estimate for abroad

A1628

Ref: ONFOM47925