Albéric COLLIN

LE FRIVOLISTE CACATOÈS MERLE HUPPÉ DE CHINE LIÈVRE ALLONGÉ SALTIMBANQUES Albéric COLLIN (1886-1962) Albéric Collin, who studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Antwerp,  was one of the most important Belgian animal sculptors. As Rembrandt Bugatti, he spent a lot of time in the town's zoological garden, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him.…

Charles ARTUS

Charles ARTUS (1897-1978) Born in Etretat in 1897, Charles Artus settled in Paris where he entered the workshop of the sculptor and animal painter, Edouard Navellier (1865-1944). Although the latter kept in his garden a menagerie of animals from Europe, he encouraged the young artist to further seek for his models at the Jardin des…