“young Smiling Boy” By Félix Desruelles

Pretty sculpture representing a smiling young boy Fixed on a serpentine base Material: Terracotta Total height: 44cm Small chip (1.5cm) stain and small missing right cheek, small chip base corner lower part. Félix-Alexandre Desruelles is one of the most important French artists having distinguished himself in sculpture commemorating the First World War. A student of Alexandre Falguière, François Rude, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Jean-Antoine Houdon, he exhibited at the Society of French Artists in 1885, won a medal of honor in 1928 and became a member of the jury. He obtained a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 and two diplomas of honor at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925[1]. He is a member of the Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts. He is the husband of the sculptor Germaine Oury-Desruelles (1889-1978) and the father of the painter Rémyne Desruelles. He created bronze busts of two of his friends, Eugène Chigot and Henri Le Sidaner.