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François Pompon
(9th May, 1855 - 6th May, 1933)
Canard
1907
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / A. Morin / Gallimard
musée des beaux-arts de Dijon
http://mba.dijon.fr/
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About the artwork
Title:
Canard
Periods:
20th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XXth century
Techniques:
bas-relief
plaster
sculpture (technique)
Dimensions:
140 x 120
Inventory number:
INV3784bis(148)
Detail:
Epreuve
Location:
musée des beaux-arts de Dijon
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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