"Sculpture - Sitting Terrier Dog , Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) - Bronze"
Bronze proof with brown patina , depicting a seated terrier dog , by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) . E.Fremiet is considered one of the leading exponents of animal sculpture in the 19th century .
Bronze signed "E.FREMIET" , on the front of the oval naturalistic terrace , richly chased .
Early edition sculpture , second half of the XIXth century .
Perfect condition and patina .
Size : 16 cm x 15,5 cm
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Emmanuel Fremiet was a French animal sculptor , born December 6 , 1824 in Montrouge (Hauts de Seine) .
He was a leading exponent of rationalist realism and French naturalism in the second half of the 19th century .
After attending evening classes , he joined the studio of his uncle François Rude .
The fashionable theme of the "Confrontation between Man and Beast"inspired Emmanuel Frémiet and other artists .
He was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1892 .
Emmanuel Frémiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Paris Natural History Museum .
He became the official statuary of the Third Republic .
Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10, 1910 .
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