Imposing Mythological Bronze Bust Of Diane Mathurin Moreau Out Of Competition Medal Of Honor

Bronze with nuanced patina Bust of Diana Resting on a marble base Griotte Mathurin Moreau Out of competition Medal of honor Height 62.5 cm Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912), one of the most important French sculptors of the 19th century, comes from a family of sculptors: his father Jean-Baptiste Moreau, as well as his brothers Hippolyte and Auguste are also He was admitted to the Paris School of Fine Arts in 1841 in the workshops of Jules Ramey and Auguste Dumont Âgé aged 21 in 1842, he won the second prize in Rome, and began exhibiting at the Salon in 1848. He obtained a second class medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, then a first class medal in 1878. In 1897 , he was crowned with a medal of honor at the Salon of which he became a member of the jury during the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris. He was named knight of the Legion of Honor in 1865 and promoted to officer of the same order in 1885. From 1879 and until his death, Mathurin Moreau was elected mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris