The Elegant By Hyppolithe Moreau

Bronze with 2 silver patinas with a gilded bronze rim. Hippolyte Moreau born April 1, 1832 in Dijon Died January 4, 1926 (at 93 years old)Neuilly-sur-Seine. TrainingNational Higher School brother of the sculptor Auguste Moreau Other informationMasterFrançois Jouffroy edit - edit source - edit Wikidata Hippolyte Moreau, born in Dijon on April 1, 18321 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on January 4, 1926. With his two brothers Mathurin and Auguste, he moved to Paris to follow the teaching of François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts. From 1863 to 1914, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français where he sent decorative subjects most often inspired by the 18th century. He won a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1878 and another at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. He mainly produced medium-sized works and decorative or everyday objects: vases, statuettes, letter openers, bronze, spelter or pewter pocket emptiers. He is the author of the statue of Alexis Claude Clairaut (1880) on one of the facades of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, rue de Lobau. Most of his works are kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon. With the marble base measures 50cm high.