Edouard Drouot

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Édouard Drouot (born April 3, 1859 in Sommevoire , France , † 1945 in Paris , France) was a French sculptor .

Life

Before his career as a sculptor, Drouot was already successful as a painter. He studied in Paris with the sculptors Émile Thomas and Mathurin Moreau . In addition to his portrait busts and classical figures, often with allegorical and mythical subjects, he became known for numerous bronze statuettes , including sports and hunting scenes in the Art Deco style . He turned particularly to the subjects of animal sculpture, North Africa and Indians.

Drouot showed his work from 1889 to the 20th century at the Salons des Artistes Français , the annual art exhibition of the Société des Artistes Français . He received a medal here in 1892 and a mention honorable at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . He worked with several art foundries , including the Fonderie Thiébaut Frères .

Works (selection)

  • Femme donnant des ailes à un captif
  • La République protégeant l'Enfance et la Vieilesse
  • La victoire
  • L'Echo
  • Zephyr
  • Judith
  • Lutte pour la vie
  • Two avec barreur
  • Cerf
  • La naissance de Venus
  • Pro Patria
  • Paysan à la labore
  • Joan of Arc écoutant ses voix
  • L'archer
  • Le Gardien de L'Epave
  • Le combat
  • Tolbiac
  • Albert le Premier, Roi des Belges
  • Salomé
  • La porteuse d'eau
  • La leçon de chant
  • Chasseur india à cheval
  • Eloquentia
  • Ésclave Combattant un Tigre

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edouard Drouot bronze Victory In: 1930.fr .
  2. ↑ a b Edouard Drouot. French, 1859-1945. Woman Giving Wings to a Captive In: Indiana University Bloomington , Art Museum.
  3. ^ A b Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, 2016. ISBN 1-85149-824-9 . P. 88.
personal data
SURNAME Drouot, Edouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Sommevoire , France
DATE OF DEATH 1945
Place of death Paris , France