Florist / Bouquetière, Hippolyte Moreau (1832 - 1926), Bronze, France

Patinated bronze sculpture representing a florist. A young girl holds a wicker tray containing flowers in her left hand and a single flower in her right hand. She is dressed in a dress revealing the shoulders which recalls the antique or classical costumes of the end of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century.

Hippolyte Moreau (1832 - 1926), bronze, France, 2nd half of the 19th century.

Hippolyte Moreau (1832 Dijon - 1926 Neuilly-sur-Seine) - from a family of artists, is one of three sculptor brothers - their father was the esteemed artist Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau (1797- 1855). Hippolyte Moreau leaves Dijon for Paris, where he follows the courses of François Jouffroy at the School of Fine Arts. From 1863 to 1914, he exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in Paris. He won medals at the universal exhibitions of 1878 and 1900. Besides sculpture in various materials, he also designed everyday objects such as vases, paper knives and trays. A large number of his works are kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon.

Height 31.5cm. Very good state of preservation, rubbed patina.

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