The Grappilleuse By Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912)

Bronze sculpture representing a young girl "La Grappilleuse" by Mathurin Moreau
Shaded brown patina
Original rotating base
Signature of the sculptor "MATH.MOREAU" on the naturalistic oval terrace
Plate with title of the sculpture "GRAPPILLEUSE"
Stamp "BRONZE PARIS"
Period XIX th century
Finely chiseled sculpture
Very good state

French sculptor renowned for his decorative sculptures, Mathurin Moreau is the son of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau.

His brothers Hippolyte and Auguste are also sculptors.
He was admitted to the École des Beaux-arts in Paris in 1841 in the workshops of Jules Ramey and Auguste Dumont.
He won the second Prix de Rome in 1842 with Diodemus removing the Palladium.
He made his debut at the Salon of French Artists in 1848 and stood out there with the statue L'Élégie.
He obtained a second class medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, then a first class medal in 1878. In 1897, for his last participation in the salon, he was crowned with a medal of honor.

Between 1849 and 1879, Mathurin Moreau collaborated with the Val d'Osne art foundry and became one of its administrators, but he also supplied models to the Compagnie des bronzes de Bruxelles, and exhibited at the Central Union of Fine arts applied to industry in the 1880s.
From 1879 and until his death, Mathurin Moreau was elected mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
He was elevated to the rank of knight of the Legion of Honor in 1865 and officer in 1885.
The Orsay Museum keeps his photographic portrait.