{"id":10614,"date":"2025-03-21T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/produit\/la-douleur-vers-1890\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:02:07","slug":"la-douleur-vers-1890","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.galerienicolasbourriaud.com\/en\/produit\/la-douleur-vers-1890\/","title":{"rendered":"LA DOULEUR (VERS 1890)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The son of a marble supplier, Jean Escoula first worked with Carpeaux, then with Rodin from 1887 to around 1900, for whom he produced a number of works, including the Dana\u00efde<\/em>. This did not prevent him from sculpting works of his own and exhibiting at the Salon des artistes fran\u00e7ais until 1890, when, following in Rodin’s footsteps, he was admitted to the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale des Beaux-Arts.<\/p>\n

Escoula took the head of La Douleur<\/em> from his group Mort de Procris<\/em>, which was shown in plaster at the Salon des Artistes fran\u00e7ais in 1890. The subject was inspired by an episode from Greek mythology: Procris was married to Cephalus. Jealous, she hid in the bushes to spy on her husband when he was out hunting. Seeing a branch move, he believed he was in the presence of a prey and pierced his beloved with his javelin. Here, Escoula shows only the head of Cephalus, in despair after his terrible mistake. This open-mouthed head, like that of Canova’s Medusa<\/em>, could have met the criteria for the \u201ct\u00eate d’expression\u201d competition founded by the Comte de Caylus in 1760. La Douleur<\/em> also recalls the features of the eldest child in Carpeaux’s Ugolin <\/em>(1860) and those of Pierre de Wissant in Rodin’s Bourgeois de Calais<\/em>(1889).<\/p>\n

The public\u00a0 reacted positively, which provokes emotion using a familiar vocabulary. This head was a success. Siot-Decauville edited it in bronze as early as 1898. Despite this, bronze examples remain quite rare to this day, with only two known examples, our cast and the one in the Mus\u00e9e de Valenciennes.<\/p>\n

The precise modeling of this face and the particular twist of the neck give the head a striking force. The broadly treated hair and taut, hollowed muscles, creating harsh contrasts, are reminiscent of contemporary work by Rodin.<\/p>\n

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Jean ESCOULA<\/span><\/h1>\n

Bronze with rich brown patina signed \u201cJ. ESCOULA\u201d.
\nCast by Siot. Bears the foundry stamp \u201cSIOT PARIS\u201d.
\nH. 16 1\u20444 \u201d x W. 13 3\u20444 \u201d x D. 11 3\u20444 \u201d.
\n<\/span>Circa 1910<\/p>\n

Manuscript source: Mus\u00e9e d’Orsay documentation – Escoula box-files: Escoula – La douleur<\/em><\/p>\n

Related works: La Douleur<\/em>, bronze (H. 42 cm), Mus\u00e9e de Valenciennes; La Douleur<\/em>, plaster (H.42 cm), Paris, Mus\u00e9e d’Orsay, gift of Mr. Christian Burg (RF 4727); La Douleur,<\/em> marble (H. 52,5cm) Amsterdam, Joan Wijermars.<\/p>\n

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