Terrassier At La Pelle Dalou 1838-1902 Bronze Wax Lost

Aimé-jules Dalou (1838-1902) Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown patina Signature on the Dalou & lost wax base Height 14 cm I am at your disposal for any further information Delivery by registered mail 20 euros for France Biography: Aimé-Jules Dalou , says Jules Dalou (1838-1902) is a French sculptor, born of Protestant glove makers who raise him in secularism and love of the Republic. Jules Dalou showed very young gifts for modeling and drawing, which earned him the attention of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who introduced him in 1852 to the Petite École, the future National Higher School of Decorative Arts in Paris. In 1854, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied painting in Abel de Pujol's studio and sculpture in Francisque Duret's studio. He began to earn a living by working for ornamentalists. It was with one of them that his friendship with Auguste Rodin began. Dalou then produced decorative sculpture for buildings on the main avenues of Paris, such as the Hôtel de La Païva, avenue des Champs-Élysées. He presented himself four times, without success, in the competition for the Prix de Rome, but presented at the Salon of 1869 a Daphnis and Chloé, and La Brodeuse at the Salon of 1870, two pieces acquired by the State. Dalou will have only one child, Georgette, a girl born with a mental handicap. It is to ensure the financing of the lifetime accommodation of his daughter by the Orphanage of the Arts that Dalou bequeathed the funds of his workshop to this institution.