Bronze Sculpture - The Free Horse , Paul - Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912)

Bronze print with brown patina, depicting a horse "The Free Horse" by Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912) .
The horse is represented here in movement , front raised , the posture is aerial and underlines the free character of the horse .
Signature of the sculptor "E. DELABRIERRE" in hollow , on the richly chiseled naturalist terrace .
Old edition sculpture , period second part of the 19th century .
Perfect state of conservation and patina .

Dimensions : 22.5 cm x 26.5 cm

Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912) 

Paul-Edouard Delabrierre , born in Paris on 29 March 1829 , was a French animal sculptor .

Paul-Edouard Delabrierre studied painting with the painter Jean-Baptiste Delestre , before turning to sculpture .
His first exhibition was at the ‘Salon of French Artists’ in 1848 , with a wax sculpture of ‘A Terrier Holding a Hare’.
From then on , Paul-Edouard Delabrierre devoted all his work to animal art .

Influenced by Antoine Louis Barye , E.Delabrierre is considered one of the most important artists of the Animal School .
The Louvre welcomed ‘Horse Riding’, surely the largest group of paintings that E. Delabrierre had ever done .
He exhibited at the ‘Salon of French Artists’ for some fifty years , from 1848 to 1898 , and obtained an honourable mention in 1859 for his work "Indian panther devouring a heron" .
He was a member of the Society of French Artists .

Paul-Edouard Delabrierre died in Paris in 1912 .