Alfred Barye

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Alfred Barye , called Le Fils or Alf Barye (born January 21, 1839 in Paris , † 1882 ibid) was a French sculptor of the Belle Époque .

life and work

Bronze sculpture of a pheasant by Barye (1875)

Alfred Barye was born in Paris as the son of the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye . He learned his craft in the workshop of his father, who was a renowned animal sculptor in his day. The relationship between father and son was shaped by conflicts that were sparked by the signatures on the works of the two. The younger Barye had some of his bronzes with “A. Barye ”, against which the father Barye raised an objection, who applied for a copyright to this signature and feared that he would be associated with the work of his son.

Alfred Barye specialized in the production of bronze statuettes. He always stood in the shadow of his famous father and fought for recognition as an independent artist. Most of his works are signed “A. Barye, fils ”, while the objects signed Barye or Barrye caused some confusion - intentional or not - among dealers and buyers and led to an argument with the father.

In collaboration with Émile Guillemin he created the sculpture The Arab Warrior Knight on Horseback , one of his most famous bronzes. He specialized in animal bronzes, especially racehorses, horses with riders or horses in motion, as well as orientalist figures.

Exhibitions

Works

  • The racehorse Sir Walter Scott, 1865
  • Italian court jester, 1882

Works in museums and collections

His bronzes are kept in many international museums and collections:

Louvre , Paris; Musée d'Orsay , Paris; Brooklyn Museum , New York City; Fogg Art Museum , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass .; Busch-Reisinger Museum , Cambridge, Mass .; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery , Washington DC; Museu de Arte de São Paulo ; Israel Museum , Jerusalem.

Art trade

While bronzes by Antoine-Louis Barye are priced at an average of $ 10,000 on the art market and top prices are $ 300,000, bronze statuettes by Alfred Bayre have a significantly lower market value with prices between $ 5,000 and $ 15,000. Casts of bronzes by the two Barye, which are in demand by collectors because of their motifs, quality and size, are offered in different quality in the art trade. Statuettes after Barye are priced at around £ 600 to £ 1,000 and have already exceeded $ 3,000 in individual cases.

Because of the not always unambiguous signatures, there are still problems with attribution for trade and science.

literature

  • Françoise Baron, Corinne Jankowiak, Christine Vivet, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Isabelle Lemaistre, Guilhem Scherf, Jean-Charles Agboton-Jumeau: Sculpture française: Renaissance et temps modern. Réunion des musées nationaux, Musée du Louvre, Parid 1998.
  • Théophile Thoré: Les Salons: Salons de 1864–1868. H. Lamertin, 1893.
  • Stanislas Lami : Barye, Alfred. In: Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'École française. Volume 4, Part 1: A – C. H. Champion, Paris 1914, pp. 85-90 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
  • Dictionnaire universel des contemporains contenant toutes les…. Volume 1, 1870.
  • Département des sculptures du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps moderne, Département des sculptures (ed.): Sculpture française. Réunion des musées nationaux, Musée du Louvre, Paris 1998.
  • The Sculpture Journal. Volume 6, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, 2001.
  • The University of Rochester Library Bulletin. Vol. 38-43, University of Rochester Library, 1985.
  • The São Paulo Collection: From Manet to Matisse. Mazzotta, 1989.
  • Fogg Art Museum Handbooks. Editions 4, Harvard University, 1983.
  • Eleonora Luciano, William U. Eiland: Animals in bronze: the Michael and Mary Erlanger collection of animailer bronzes. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996.
  • Harold Berman: Bronzes; Sculptors & Founders, 1800-1930. Volume 2, Abage, 1976.
  • Yves Devaux: L'univers des bronzes et des fontes ornementales: chefs-d'œuvre et curiosités, 1850–1920. Éditions Pygmalion, 1978.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Barye  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Bronze Gallery: Alfred Barye.
  2. ↑ At Auction in: Forbes.com, accessed December 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Christie's Sale 1291, Lot 206, New York October 20, 2003, accessed December 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Christie's Sale 9864, Sporting Art and Dogs June 10, 2004, accessed December 19, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Barye, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Le Fils; Barye, Alf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor of the Belle Époque
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1882
Place of death Paris