The patinated bronze sculpture shows a proud miner leaning on his pickaxe. He is dressed in work trousers and has a characteristic cap on his head. The artist used two colors of patina to highlight the miner's body and clothing separately.
Patinated bronze.
Realism, France, 2nd half of the 19th century. Signed "A. GAUDEZ"
Height 46.5 cm.sp
+MINER, Adrien - Etienne GAUDEZ (1845 - 1902), bronze, France, 19th century
zł4,000.00
The patinated bronze sculpture shows a proud miner leaning on his pickaxe. He is dressed in work trousers and has a characteristic cap on his head. The artist used two colors of patina to highlight the miner's body and clothing separately.
Patinated bronze.
Realism, France, 2nd half of the 19th century. Signed "A. GAUDEZ"
Height 46.5 cm.sp
Description
Very good condition, slight abrasions.
Adrien - Etienne GAUDEZ (1845 - 1902) - was born in 1845 in Lyon, studied under Francois Jouffroy at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts. He made his debut at the Salon in 1864. He mainly made sculptures in bronze, in the style of academicism and realism. In 1870 he took part in the Prussian-French war, was a prisoner of war. After the war he returned to artistic work and made, among others, a monument to the prisoners of war in Magdeburg. He died in 1902 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.