Barye Antoine Louis, statuary and painter, born in Paris on 15 September 1795, died in Paris on 29 June 1875, French school.
One of the highest and most powerful figures of French statuary in the 19th century. Son of a goldsmith, he was perhaps apprenticed to his father. At the age of thirteen, he had to earn his living, entering as an apprentice to Fourier, an engraver of steel for military equipment. This apprenticeship, although very rough, must be considered as having been of great service to him, putting him at an early age in touch with all metal work, from casting to chasing. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1818, where he received a classical training in the workshop of the sculptor Bosio and the painter Gros. In 1820 Barye was employed by the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier, for whom he made sculptures. He perfected his study of anatomy by frequenting the menagerie of the National Museum of Natural History. In 1831 he became known to the public by exhibiting Tiger devouring a Gharial at the Salon and this was the revelation of the Salon, making him the first romantic sculptor. Barye then opened his own foundry and distributed his work himself. He became the favourite sculptor of Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, for whom he created a table centrepiece, and later became the quasi-official sculptor of Napoleon III. He created monumental works for the decoration of the new Louvre. We like to recognise in Barye's works the art of drawing up true portraits of animals, of capturing, if one can say so, their feelings, their ferocity, their fear, their suffering, their dramas. Finally, Barye was able to confer on most of his sculptures, animals or characters, whatever their size, that character of monumentality which is the mark of true genius.
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"Lion with Snake N°3" by Antoine Louis BARYE (1796-1875), French School
3500,00€Quick ViewA bronze sculpture with a golden brown patina, representing a lion fighting a snake, signed Barye on the terrace, at the back of the animal, near the right hindquarters. The terrace is decorated with a profile, the surface work is nervous, very free, almost abstract, which signs the production of the romantic years. Edition by A.Delafontaine, with the stamp "AD" (surmounted by a star)
Model: 1833
History: Barye sale, 1876, n° 651, bronze model with its plaster; acquired by A.DelafontaineLiterature : Poletti & Richarme, Antoine Louis BARYE Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Gallimard edition, page 178
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"Ocelot carrying a Heron", bronze by Antoine Louis BARYE (1795-1875), French school
4500,00€Quick ViewA bronze sculpture with a brown patina shaded in green representing an ocelot carrying a heron on a naturalistic terrace. The tiger cat is holding the heron in its claws as it sweeps the earth with its wings, its death as near as it is cruel. Antique proof signed BARYE on the terrace, at the back, near the left posterior of the ocelot, edited and signed F.Barbedienne Fondeur. Very good quality print, light and fine cast with a beautiful patina of the period.
Model: 1839
History: Barye sale, 1876, n° 590 (bronze model with its plaster), 500 F; acquired by Goupil to be published by F.BarbedienneLiterature : Poletti & Richarme, Antoine Louis BARYE Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Gallimard edition, page 241
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BARYE ANTOINE-LOUIS (1795-1875), Rabbit with erect ears
2000,00€Quick ViewA gilded bronze sculpture of a rabbit, ears erect, body in a ball, standing on a naturalistic oval terrace. The base is in black marble from Belgium. Antique proof signed BARYE on the terrace on the left of the rabbit, cast by the Barye workshop. The sculpture was redecorated in the middle of the 20th century. Slight gears on the marble base. No posthumous edition is attested.
Exemplars:
Bordeaux, Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Cambridge (Mass), Fogg Art Museum
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Bronze by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1795-1875) Panthère de Tunis N°1
2500,00€Quick ViewVery nice proof in bronze with brown patina shaded in black representing a panther watching, lurking on a rock. Antique proof signed BARYE on the side of the terrace, on the front left, edited and signed F.Barbedienne Fondeur. Remarkable quality of the patina and the chasing.
First edition: ca. 1860
Plaster model : Paris, Fabius collection
Bibliography: Poletti & Richarme, Antoine Louis BARYE Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Gallimard edition, page 221