Jules Moigniez

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Bird bronze, around 1880

Jules Moigniez (born May 28, 1835 in Senlis (Oise) , France , † May 29, 1894 in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre (Val-d'Oise) , France) was a French sculptor , known for his bronze sculptures of birds , Horses and dogs.

Life

Bird sculpture, around 1870
Hunting scene with boar, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature , Paris

Moigniez was born the son of a gilder . In Paris Moigniez studied sculpture with Paul Comoléra , who had been a student of François Rude . It was here that Moigniez took a liking to Comoléra's bird sculptures, which later became the central theme of his work. His father bought a foundry where his son's sculptures were cast.

Moigniez sent thirty works to the Salon de Paris between 1855 and 1892 . His first submitted work was the plaster figure of a chicken dog in front of a pheasant at the Paris World Exhibition in 1855 . In contrast to other animal sculpture artists of his time such as Pierre-Jules Mêne and Antoine-Louis Barye , Moigniez's bird sculptures often had very detailed plinths that continued the themes of the sculptures with bushes, leaves and undergrowth. Its cast parts with gold-plated and silver-plated patina are particularly popular among collectors. His works were known for their fine details in the processing; his bronzes, usually cast using the lost wax technique, were considered flawlessly chiseled and patinated and were particularly popular in England and Scotland .

The French government acquired his bronze Le Chien d'arrêt avec faisan in 1859 , which they exhibited in Compiègne Castle . More than half of its lifetime production was sold to the UK ; at the end of the 19th century his sculptures became popular in the United States . Moigniez's works were imported from December 1869 by the jeweler JE Caldwell & Co. in Philadelphia , which also offered sculptures by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse , Pierre-Jules Mêne and other French sculptors.

After a long illness, Moigniez committed suicide in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre on May 29, 1894, one day after his 59th birthday, and was laid to rest in the local cemetery.

Works (selection)

  • Le Héron, Pur-sang, Cheval et jockey avant la course
  • Bijou
  • Perdrix in the joncs
  • Cheval
  • La famille bovine
  • La charge du sanglier
  • Chien aux trophées
  • Le braque à la perdrix

signature

  • Signatures from Jules Moigniez

  • Signature Jules Moigniez

  • Signature Jules Moigniez in block letters

Awards

literature

  • Daniel Baduel: Saint Martin du Tertre. Un village une histoire . Syndicat d'Initiative de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, 2000. ISBN 2-95157-130-5 , 361 pages.
  • Anne Pingeot et al .: La Sculpture Française au XIXe Siècle . Paris 1986.

Web links

Commons : Jules Moigniez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Pierre Kjellberg: Bronzes of the 19th Century. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania 1994. ISBN 0-88740-629-7 , p. 495
  2. ↑ a b c d e Christopher Payne: Animals in bronze. Reference and Price Guide . Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk, England 1986. ISBN 0-90746-245-6 , p. 414
  3. ↑ Holiday Goods: Bronzes! In: The Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia), December 20, 1869, 7
  4. ↑ Translated from English: Honorable Mention. Biography Jules Moigniez (1835-1894). In: askart.com.
  5. ↑ Biography Jules Moigniez (1835-1894). In: askart.com.
personal data
SURNAME Moigniez, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moignez, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Senlis (Oise) , France
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1894
Place of death Saint-Martin-du-Tertre (Val-d'Oise) , France