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Antoine-Louis Barye in Bronze Shop
299,00 EUR
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Shipping time: 2 Days | Weight: 8.00 kg
The Frenchman Antoine-Louis Barye was born on September 24, 1795 in Paris, France and become a well known sculptor as well as a sculptural animalier.
In 1809, when the young Barye was just a 14 years old boy, he already developed great interest in art and started to learn the handcraft of a metal-engraver, exactly a goldsmith. During the war and the time of the Russian Campaign of Napoleon in 1812 he had to stop his education for a while, because he had to do military service. At the military he was working at the stuff of engineers, where he learned to draw and modelling. In 1814 he could quit his service and continue his career as an artist.
Barye learned the handcraft of engraving and later studied two years under François Joseph Bosio (* March 19, 1769 in Monaco; † July 29, 1845 in Paris), who trained him quite well and under the painter Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (* March 16, 1771; † June 25, 1835). In 1818 he started to attend the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. After he got the permission to take part in the exhibition of Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris he got honoured with a price.
In 1809, when the young Barye was just a 14 years old boy, he already developed great interest in art and started to learn the handcraft of a metal-engraver, exactly a goldsmith. During the war and the time of the Russian Campaign of Napoleon in 1812 he had to stop his education for a while, because he had to do military service. At the military he was working at the stuff of engineers, where he learned to draw and modelling. In 1814 he could quit his service and continue his career as an artist.
Barye learned the handcraft of engraving and later studied two years under François Joseph Bosio (* March 19, 1769 in Monaco; † July 29, 1845 in Paris), who trained him quite well and under the painter Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (* March 16, 1771; † June 25, 1835). In 1818 he started to attend the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. After he got the permission to take part in the exhibition of Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris he got honoured with a price.
The name of his artwork, a medallion, was “Milo of Crotana Devoured by a Lion”. The theme of Milo was the official school theme for the medallion competition of the year 1819. Later, around 1820 the sculptor created “Hercules with the Erymanthean Boar”.
During the next years Barye took part in several exhibitions at the École des Beaux-Arts as well as at the Salon in Paris and got honoured a lot. But this honouring led him to the decision to stop exhibiting his sculptures for many years.
The artist Barye applied for a job at a goldsmith and got one at the company of Jaques Henri Fauconnier. While working for Fauconnier, Barye also executed animal figures and made drawings, often at the “Jardin des Plantes”, besides the work at the studio of the goldsmith. During this time he executed the sculpture “Tiger Devouring a Gavial Crocodile”, that he presented to the public in 1831. This presentation was kind of the beginning as his career as an animalier. Another animal sculpture of a snake and a lion brought him the dubbing of the legion of honour of the Duke of Orléans, who became one of his clients. The descendant’s estate of Antoine-Louis Barye, who died on July 27, 1875 at the age of 80, is nowadays exhibited at the „Museum des Luxembourg“.
During the next years Barye took part in several exhibitions at the École des Beaux-Arts as well as at the Salon in Paris and got honoured a lot. But this honouring led him to the decision to stop exhibiting his sculptures for many years.
The artist Barye applied for a job at a goldsmith and got one at the company of Jaques Henri Fauconnier. While working for Fauconnier, Barye also executed animal figures and made drawings, often at the “Jardin des Plantes”, besides the work at the studio of the goldsmith. During this time he executed the sculpture “Tiger Devouring a Gavial Crocodile”, that he presented to the public in 1831. This presentation was kind of the beginning as his career as an animalier. Another animal sculpture of a snake and a lion brought him the dubbing of the legion of honour of the Duke of Orléans, who became one of his clients. The descendant’s estate of Antoine-Louis Barye, who died on July 27, 1875 at the age of 80, is nowadays exhibited at the „Museum des Luxembourg“.