Very large Orientalist Bronze 97x90 cm, early 20th century, M. Arthur WAAGEN 1833/1898

Very large Orientalist bronze, 97 x 90 cm, early 20th century, M. Arthur WAAGEN 1833/1898

Period: early 20th century

Lost-wax bronze, very beautiful patina, in excellent condition.

Signed: on the bronze base: Barye F. (for Barye Fonderie)
Subject: Kabyle returning from hunting
Dimensions: height: 97 cm, length: 90 cm, depth: 43 cm, - approximately 50 kg

Foundryman, Barye Fonderie:
The famous sculptor opened his own foundry to produce his works in 1838. Despite serious difficulties, it remained in operation between 1845 and 1857.

Max Arthur Waagen 1833/1898:
Max Arthur Waagen was a German sculptor born in Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania) in 1833 and died in Paris in 1898.
Little information is known about his life. He was a student of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, who had founded a school in Prussia, whose most famous students were August Kiss and Friedrich Drake.

He left Germany to pursue a career in France. He settled in Paris, where he created numerous works bearing French titles. He specialized in animal and oriental sculptures.

Salon booklets show that he exhibited works between 1861 and 1887. At the 1861 Salon, he presented a group entitled Supreme Struggle of the Mortally Wounded Lion. At the 1869 Salon, he presented a plaster group entitled Pheasants. At the 1870 Salon, he exhibited two bronze statuettes: The Oracle of Flowers and Return from the Fields. He exhibited a Portrait of M. A. P. at the 1879 Salon, and a Vandal at the 1887 Salon.

His most famous work is Kabyle Hunter Returning from the Hunt.
His studio was located at 40 Cours de Vincennes, then at La Varenne Saint-Hilaire, at 11 Avenue Chevalier.
Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, dictionnaire des sculpteurs, les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005

Sold with invoice and certificate.

Bronze can be viewed at our gallery in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France), on weekends.

Free shipping within France.
For abroad, quote available.

A1930
 

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