Armand PETERSEN

Armand PETERSEN (1891-1969) Considered as one of the greatest French animal sculptors, Petersen was born in Basel (Switzerland) on the 25th November 1891. He entered the Ecole des Arts Industriels of Geneva, in the goldsmithing and chiselling classes. In 1914 he moved to Paris to pursue his studies before settling for four years in Hungary…

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Ernest MEISSONIER

Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891) THE TRAVELLER NAMED ALSO « TRAVELLER IN THE WIND », « MARÉCHAL NEY » OR « OFFICER IN THE TEMPEST » NAPOLÉON THE 1ST IN 1814 NAPOLÉON 1ER IN 1814 (AFTER 1860) THE TRAVELER (1878)

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Roger GODCHAUX

Roger GODCHAUX (1878-1958) Born in Vendôme in 1878, Roger Godchaux appears as an artist with various talents, drawing and sculpting at will the objects that surrounded him. A pupil of Adler and Jérôme, he dealt with different themes in painting and sculpting with, concerning the latter, a special liking for the study of animal bestiary.…

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Auguste Nicolas TRÉMONT

Auguste Nicolas TRÉMONT (1892-1980) Born in a family of five children to a tailor, whom he lost very young, and to a mother who became a shoemaker, Auguste Trémont showed at an early age a true talent and aptitude for drawing. Encouraged by his teachers and, as many other Luxembourger artists, he left his native…

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Georges-Lucien GUYOT

Georges-Lucien GUYOT (1885-1973) FALCON AT THE ROCK POLAR BEAR PANTHER SHARPENING ITS CLAWS (BIG MODEL) LION SITTING LIONESS BROWN BEAR BEAR WITH LOWERED HEAD CUDDLE HAMADRYAS MONKEY SITTING, HANDS BETWEEN PAWS

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Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT

Alfred-Auguste JANNIOT (1889-1969) After being awarded the Grand Prix de Rome, Alfred Auguste Janniot stood out, with mastery and brilliance, for his friezes and low reliefs on large walls, in Paris and in the province, be it on buildings under reconstruction or designed for universal exhibitions. He was recognized as a master in his art…

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Bernhard HOETGER

Bernhard HOETGER (1874-1949)

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Paul JOUVE

Paul JOUVE (1878-1973)

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Mateo HERNANDEZ

Mateo HERNANDEZ (1884-1949) Born in Béjar in the province of Salamanque (Spain), Mateo Hernandez apprenticed as a stonemason alongside his father. He soon became interested in the animal world, demonstrating a great technical mastery. After training in the Beaux-Arts of Madrid he decided to leave for Paris in 1911. He became an animal sculptor by…

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Joseph BERNARD

Joseph BERNARD (1866-1931) Joseph Bernard created most of his sculpted work from 1905 to 1913. He mainly devoted himself to female figures and more particularly to those of young women, in stone, marble or bronze. Two exhibitions were dedicated to the artist in Paris, at Galerie Hébrard in 1908, and at Galerie Manzi Joyant in…

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