The Terracotta Bourgeoise By Georges Van Der Straeten

Georges Van der Straeten, a lawyer by training. In 1882 he began to sculpt and was a student of the sculptor Jeff Lambeaux. Georges Van der Straeten demonstrates great technical mastery in his creations and a high quality of finish. He produced numerous portraits, graceful and seductive fantasy figures of young Parisian women where, according to Pierre Kjellberg, we “find the amiable style of the sculptors of the 18th century”7 This artist is representative of the Belle Époque, a period in which the Art Nouveau, international artistic movement which breaks with academic production. In this sense, it constitutes a new way of expressing oneself perfectly in tune with this period of political, social, technological and intellectual innovation. Van der Straeten's works are published in large numbers, in different dimensions and under very varied titles, by several founders, notably the Société des bronzes de Paris, the founder Pinedo8 and the ceramist Friedrich