Old Bronze Signed "paul Delabriere 1829-1912" Representing A Sitting Dog

ANTIQUE BRONZE SIGNED "ÉDOUARD PAUL DELABRIERE 1829-1912 FRENCH SCULPTOR" REPRESENTING A SITTING DOG / SIGNATURE ON THE TERRACE dim: 16.5 cm high x 13.5 cm long x 7 cm wide The animal sculptor Edouard Paul Delabrierre was born in 1929 in Paris and studied art to become a painter. He studied drawing and painting under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Delestre, a great painter and sculptor known as an art theorist. Married to Anne-Eugénie Alléon in 1868, he is known for his talents as a sculptor and left behind a large number of animal creations in bronze, plaster, wood and terra cotta, particularly appreciated by collectors. He exhibited his first sculpture at the Paris Salon in 1848, a wax creation representing a terrier holding a hare. From then on, Delabrierre devoted himself solely to the animal sculpture which made him famous.