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Adrian Alan
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Signed 'Carrier 1867'
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Dimensions
254.00cm high
( 100.00 inches high)
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Diameter:
53.00cm
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20.87 inches in diameter)
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Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, 'Les bronzes du XIX siecle, dictionnaire des sculpteurs', pps. 189-192.
Segard, 'A. Carrier-Belleuse', 1928.
Lami, 'Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Francais',1914.
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Description / Expertise
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was an important Paris sculptor (1824-1887), who signed his work Carrier. Born on the 12 June 1824, Carrier-Belleuse was trained by Fauconnier before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1840, where he studied under David d'Angers. He later abandoned this formal training in order to develop his interest in a more decorative, romantic style - in which he showed a healthy independence. Carrier-Belleuse had his debut at the Salon in 1851 after which he worked in England until 1854 in the design shop at Minton's porcelain works in Staffordshire, under Leon Arnoux, where many of his models were produced in ceramic.
Carrier-Belleuse continued to model many small figures and groups for production in terracotta (such as 'La Source') and porcelain as well as in bronze. Upon his return to Paris in 1855, he embarked on a series of important pieces that included work at the Louvre, the Hotel de Paiva, the Opera, the Hotel de Ville and the Theatre Francaid. As one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the Nineteenth Century, he made his reputation with the group Salve Regina, which was shown at the Salon of 1861. Eduard Lockroy described Carrier-Belleuse as a 'machine
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