Large 19th Century Bronze, 80 Cm, Jef Lambeaux, G. Courbet Museum, The Wrestlers

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return to the gallery of this monumental bronze, after its exhibition at the Gustave COURBET Museum, Besançon, "Les Colosses" which took place during the 2024 Olympic Games.

Period: 19th century
Signed: signed in the bronze, artist referenced and rated,
Exceptional bronze with lost wax and brown patina, Bronze in perfect condition

History: Museum work, Exhibited at the Gustave Courbet Museum during the 2024 Olympic Games.

Subject: The wrestlers Dimensions: Width 80 cm - Height 70 cm - depth: 45 cm - weight: approximately 50 kg

Bioraphy:
Joseph Marie Thomas LAMBEAUX VAN ANTWERPEN known as Jef LAMBEAUX 1852 / 1908 Jef Joseph Marie Thomas Lambeaux, born January 14, 1852 in Antwerp and died June 5, 1908 in Brussels, is a Belgian sculptor.
He studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts. He is the brother of Jules Lambeaux. In 1883, Jef Lambeaux was one of the founding members of the Brussels avant-garde group Les Vingt. A student of Joseph Geefs and then of the Antwerp Academy.
His studio was located on Rue de Savoie (destroyed in 1898), then at no. 104 Rue Antoine Bréart (destroyed in 1977) in Saint-Gilles (Brussels). He won a medal for his debut in 1881 and a gold medal at the Brussels exhibition.
He notably produced Le Faune mordu, shown at the Universal Exhibitions in Brussels (1897) and Paris (1900), but which was the center of a controversy over nudes at the 1905 Universal Exhibition in Liège, where this work was covered with a veil. He was considered one of the apostles of realistic sculpture among Belgian artists of the 19th century with his creations resulting from his tormented genius. A great lover of the circus, a man of the people, Jef Lambeaux never lost his childhood wonder at the spectacle of wrestlers, boxers and other bodybuilders who used to exhibit themselves in the squares. Sander Pierron reports: "In winter, you will meet Lambeaux every evening at the circus.
In summer, in the months of July and August, you will be sure to find him in the front row of spectators in the athletic arenas of the fair on the Boulevard du Midi." This is where Lambeaux drew the inspiration for his powerful sculpted groups that express the effort, pain and emotions of combat. Jef Lambeaux could only be seduced by the muscular phenomenon Eugen Sandow. Another major work: Les Passions humaines (1886), a marble bas-relief that was integrated into the Victor Horta pavilion in the Parc du Cinquantenaire, for which he received a medal of honor at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. He was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium in 1903. Since 1899, the relief of Les Passions humaines has been the subject of praise and criticism. He was named Officer of the Order of Leopold and the Order of Bavaria.
Source Bénézit , Source Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs – Les Bronzes du XIX°

Museums:
Many museums have works by this sculptor. Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium – La Lutte bronze group 240 x 167 x 130 cm Ixelles Museum: Wrestlers (or Olympians) dated 1895 Antwerp Museum: Wrestlers, etc. Ghent Museum, etc.

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