Aurora Sculpture By Auguste Moreau

Bronze sculpture with brown patina representing a beautiful young woman standing on a globe surrounded by clouds, and holding a piece of fabric between her two hands. This allegorical work of Aurora by sculptor Auguste MOREAU, which dates from the 19th century, is signed on the back of the globe. It rests on a polygon base which is also in bronze with a cartouche inscribed "L'AURORE BY Aug. MOREAU rewarded at the Salon.

French work

Circa: 1890

Dimensions:
height 80 cm
width 41 cm
depth 28 cm

Material: patinated bronze
Origin: France
Condition of the item: perfect condition
Signatures: Auguste Moreau

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Biography Auguste MOREAU (1834-1917)

Auguste MOREAU belongs to the Moreau family, a dynasty of 19th and early 20th century sculptors.He is the son of Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau and the younger brother of sculptors Hippolyte Moreau and Mathurin Moreau.

While his parents ran a café-guinguette, Le Salon de Mars in Saint-Saulve, the young Auguste was indistinguishable from the children of the village and was a dull schoolboy. He met Auguste Meur ice, a painter and decorator from Valenciennes who frequents his parents' establishment and befriends him. By this frequentation, he made the acquaintance of several students of the Academy of painting of Valenciennes and around 16 years old enrolled in the Academy. He follows the courses of Julien Poitier. He executed portraits of his entourage and of the villagers that he managed to sell, first at affordable prices, then better and better, and obtained a few commissions for religious subjects for the churches of the region. He perfected himself through practice and became a sought-after local painter. From 1872, he sent paintings to the Salon des arts valenciennes and was elected a member of the Society of Agriculture, Sciences and Arts of Valenciennes. In 1873, he made his first shipment to the Paris Salon; he will then be present there almost every year but will not win any prizes. Until 1880, he signed his paintings "Auguste Moreau", he then added the name of his wife "Deschanvres" to avoid confusion with namesakes. In 1902, he obtained an important commission for a series of portraits of the archbishops of Cambrai1. He was named pontifical knight in the order of Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand, no doubt in recognition of the numerous portraits he made of dignitaries of the Catholic Church of the North. Genre painter and portrait painter, Auguste Moreau-Deschanvres never left his native region where he had found all his inspiration. Shortly after his death, from March 23 to April 6, 1913, 150 paintings and drawings were exhibited in his studio and put up for sale.