Sculpture - Horse , Jean - François Leroy - Bronze

Bronze print with brown patina, depicting a standing horse by Jean-François Leroy .
Signature of the sculptor "LEROY", hollow, under the belly of the horse .
Mention “CIRE PERDUE BRONZE”.
Bronze Numbered “3/8”.
Founder's mark "FBL", Lauragaise FBL Bronze Foundry.
Edition sculpture, 20th century period, circa 1990.
Perfect state of conservation and patina.

Sizes : 19.5 cm x 22 cm

JEAN-FRANÇOIS LEROY

Artist (Sculpture)
Born in 1964 

After training as an architect and drawing lessons at the drawing academy in Toulouse ,  sculpture appeared as a revelation , the work of a soloist more than that of a conductor...independence and freedom .

“At the origins of my work , nature, in particular animals , is my source of inspiration , inexhaustible and fascinatingly diverse . I am a Figurative but not a Naturalist , which allows me to nuance the details , erase them or accentuate them according to the subject and the material . »

It is essentially from the earth that the sculptures of Jean-François Leroy are born .
A bit of straight cutting at times , but time is no match for that .
It is therefore most often the clay that is modeled then chiseled , sanded and smoothed according to its hygrometry and the progress of the work . Precarious balance , fragility of matter .
 When it comes to making a bronze , many technical steps that he masters will follow one another in his workshop .
Apart from the casting entrusted to his founder , he makes moulds , waxes , welds , carvings , polishings , patinas . 

Designer for the Baccarat and Daum crystal works and the Odiot goldsmith house .