Sculpture De Femme En Bronze, Signée De Marcel Rau (belgique)

Large bronze statue of a young woman holding her drapery resting on her arms and wearing her hair in the Egyptian style. The back of the statue was originally hollowed out to form a night-light.
Very fine antique green patina - Art Deco period Signed: Marcel RAU (Belgian school)
Marcel Rau, born in Brussels on March 20, 1886 and died there on June 29, 1966 (aged 80), was a Belgian sculptor, statuary and medalist.

Foundry Batardy in Brussels - Very good condition Dimensions: height: 64 cm width: 43 cm

Price: €3800

Biography

Description:Marcel Rau, born in Brussels in 1886, studied sculpture and architecture: trained by Charles Van Der Stappen and Paul Du Bois at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, he also attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
His flourishing career began in 1909 when he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture. Thanks to this prize, he received a travel grant that enabled him to study sculptural and architectural gems throughout Europe.
In 1915, he was appointed inspector of decorative arts and architecture in the art education system. Alongside this official role, he also carried out a number of official and private commissions. He interprets feminine and childlike forms with sensitive, nuanced artistry. His dominant qualities are grace and wit.
After the First World War, he was also commissioned to design various commemorative monuments in Hal, Vielsalm and Ostend, among others. Perhaps his best-known masterpiece is the fifteen-meter-high sculpture of King Albert I on the Albert Canal, which he executed for the "Exposition de l'Eau" in Liège in 1939.
He also created funerary monuments.
Although Rau had studied architecture and been brought up in this milieu - his father, Jules Rau, was a renowned architect and Victor Horta was his godfather - he had no ambition to pursue a career in this direction. He did, however, keep in touch with the world of architecture. He was a friend of Marcel van Goethem, with whom he worked on the renovation of the National Bank.
But Rau was not only active as a sculptor, he also designed a number of coins and medals. He produced ten different types of coin. His best-known coin is probably the 50-centime bronze one from 1952. It features a portrait of a miner. The artist is said to have drawn inspiration from the art of Donatello and Constantin Meunier.

Additional information
Some works in public spaces:
1921Monument to the dead, cut stone, bronze. Justus Lipsiusplein, Overijse.
1921Monument aux morts, stone and bronze. Square Gossart / Rue de Favarcq, Belœil.
1922Memorial to the 3rd and 23rd regiments of the line, cut stone, high-relief bronze. Ostend.
1922Monument aux morts1830/1914 -1918 / 1940-'45, ashlar and bronze. Albertpark, Hal.
1922National war memorial for former pupils, troop children and army pupils, ashlar and bronze. Grain market, Aalst.
1922Monument to the dead, white stone and bronze. Church square, Ninove.
1923Monument to Cavalier Antoine Fonck, cut stone. Thimister-Clermont.
1926Monument to the dead 1914-1918, stone. Square du souvenir, Ixelles.
1928Albert I Memorial, hard stone. Monsin Island, Liège
1933Monument to colonial pioneers, cut stone and bronze. Place de la Croix-Rouge, Ixelles
1936The Miner and his family, The municipal administration (Magistrate and clerk), Coat of arms of Charleroi with urban activity, hard stone. Cornice of the town hall, Charleroi
1941Communion bench and pulpit, ceramic. Église de la Sainte-Famille, Nieuwe Gentsesteenweg 8, Dilbeek
1954Bronze doorPalais de la Dynastie, Mont des Arts, Brussels
1958 56 trade medallions, stone. National Bank, Brussels.
1958 ImagesMercury, Minerva, Vulcan, aluminum. Main entrance National Bank Museum, Brussels.
1961Bust of Albert Devèze, Minister of War, marble. Square Albert Devèze, Ixelles.
The dancer on the Paulette Verdoodt monument. Brussels Cemetery, Evere.
Monument to the victims of both wars, stone and bronze. Château du Faing (Chiny town hall), Jamoigne-Chiny.
Monument to the dead, stone and bronze. Vielsalm

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