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François Pompon
(9th May, 1855 - 6th May, 1933)
Album: étude pour un ours ; croquis avec mesures d'un buste (?); (carnet pris à l'envers)
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Michèle Bellot
Paris, musée d'Orsay, conservé au musée du Louvre
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Keywords:
bear
étude d'animal
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Color #d8dcd6
Color #929591
Color #363737
Color #c5c9c7
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About the artwork
Title:
Album: étude pour un ours ; croquis avec mesures d'un buste (?); (carnet pris à l'envers)
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
20th century
XXth century
Techniques:
blacklead
Inventory number:
RF49927folio10verso-folio11recto
Detail:
après 1905
About the author(s)
Author:
François Pompon
Born:
9th May, 1855
Dead:
6th May, 1933
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
François Pompon
(9 May 1855 – 6 May 1933) was a French sculptor and animalier. Pompon made his Salon debut in 1879, exhibiting a statue of Victor Hugo's
Cosette
(from Les Misérables). He was a pioneer of modern stylized animalier sculpture. He was not fully recognized for his artistic accomplishments until the age of 67 at the Salon d'Automne of 1922 with the work "
Ours blanc
", also known as "
the White Bear
". Pompon died in Paris, France, on 6 May 1933.
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