Bronze Bust, Head Of Christ With The Crown Of Thorns By François Rude, Charles Fumière - Thiebaut Frères

François Rude is a French sculptor born in Dijon on January 4, 1784 and died on November 3, 1855 in Paris. He is representative of the transition between Neoclassicism and Romanticism, of which he is one of the Masters. Son of a blacksmith, he learned drawing in Dijon with François Devosge. In 1809, he moved to Paris and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in the studio of Pierre Cartellier. In 1812, he obtained the prize of Rme. In 1815, he moved to Brussels and worked for the architect Charles Vander Straeten. He created bas reliefs for one of the pavilions of the Tenvuren Palace. He also executes official orders for King William I of the Netherlands. In 1827, he returned to Paris where he gradually moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. In 1833, he was decorated with the Legion of Honor and obtained a commission for a high relief for the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile entitled "the departure of the volunteers of 1792" and more commonly called the Marseillaise. The success of this work allowed him to open his own workshop and thus train students including his nephew Paul Cabet. From 1852, he devoted the last three years of his life to two sculptures, the subjects of which he chose himself to respond to a commission from his hometown of Dijon. In 1855, he obtained a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, he moved the same year. Thiébaut frrêree, dynasty of five generations of founders. Charles Fumière joined Thiébaut as a designer in 1895. In 1919, the Thiébaut company was bought by Charles Fulière with the rights to create works. It operated from 1920 to 1926 with the stamp: Fumière et cie // Thiébaut brothers in Paris. After which, it will cease all activities Dimensions: height 38 cm base: 13 cm X 13 cm weight 9 kgs Shipping costs, contact us