Sculpture - Wild Boar Attacked By A Dog , Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) - Bronze

Important bronze group , with a hunting subject , depicting a wild boar attacked by a dog , by Isidore Bonheur .
The hound is shown biting the boar , trying tenaciously to hold on to it , which continues to run for its life .
Bronze proof with brown patina , signed "ISIDORE.BONHEUR" , hollow , on the naturalist terrace , richly chiseled .
Old edition bronze , period second part of the 19th century .
Perfect state of conservation and patina .

Dimensions : 35 cm x 52 cm 

Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901)

Isidore Jules Bonheur was a French painter and sculptor , born on 15 May 1827 in Bordeaux .
Brother of Rosa Bonheur , Auguste Bonheur and Juliette Bonheur , he was the third child of the painter Raymond Bonheur (1796-1849) and his wife née Sophie Marquis (1797-1833) .

His family was made up of artists , the best known of whom was Rosa Bonheur , the eldest of the siblings .
Isidore was first taught art by his father Raymond and then by his elder sister Rosa .
In 1849 , he entered the School of Fine Art in Paris .
After practising painting and sending an "African horseman attacked by a lioness" to the 1848 Salon , he turned to animal sculpture .
His group "Fight of the bulls" was noticed at the Salon of 1850 . He then mainly composed groups of small animals .

Isidore Bonheur won medals at the 1865 and 1869 Salons , and a gold medal at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris . 
He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1895 .
His brother-in-law , the art founder François Auguste Hippolyte Peyrol (1856-1929) , cast some of his bronzes for many years .

He died in Paris on 19 November 1901.