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EMMANUEL FREMIER 1824 -1910 BRONZE WITH GREEN PATINA "PAM PLAYING WITH TEDDY BEARS" SIGNED ON THE TERRACE
SIZE 33 CM LONG X 15 CM HIGH X 12 CM WIDE
Emmanuel Frémiet French sculptor born in Montrouge on December 6, 18242 and died in Paris on September 10, 1910.
His most famous works are the Gorille enlevant une femme (1887) now in Nantes, the St-Michel terrassant le dragon
(1897) from Mont-St-Michel, Joan of Arc (1874) from Paris, the
Monument à Ferdinand de Lesseps (1899) from Port-Saïd, today in Port-Fouad, the Du Guesclin (1902) from Dinan, the Elephant in the Trap (1878) today in front of the Musée d'Orsay and his many animal subjects.
Alongside his monumental state-commissioned works, he was recognized as an excellent realist animal sculptor. Emmanuel Frémiet devoted himself particularly to equestrian statues. Nephew of the sculptor Rude, he was the father-in-law of the musician Gabriel Fauré.
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