Maximilien Fiot - Flying Ducks

Very beautiful bronze statue representing a pair of flying ducks.

Mounted on the original glass base.

The statue was made using the lost wax technique by the Susse Frères foundry.

Louis-Maximilien Fiot, known as Maximilien Fiot (1886-1953) is a French sculptor. A student of the sculptor Prosper Lecourtier, he exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1910 to 1914. An animal artist, Fiot also participated in the interwar period, like many of his colleagues, in the production of War Memorials. In 1930, he created for the town of La Ferté-Alais, where his mother lived, "The Lion watching over the children who died for the Fatherland".

Animals are his main subjects: birds, dogs, cats and other wild animals such as wolves, deer, lions or panthers. Fiot's style is very modern, dynamic and refined, differentiating him from other sculptors of the time, whose works were more static and imbued with the Art Deco style. Fiot's bronzes are notable for their observation of movement, giving his subjects a striking vitality and verisimilitude.