Emmanuel FremietFrancia, 1824–1910Saint George
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Londra, Regno Unito
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The French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet specialised in small-scale bronzes of animals and also of soldiers and equestrian figures. The V&A has several examples. A number were produced by him in editions and sold commercially. He also created several works of humans and animals in combat. of which the statuette of St. George, exhibited at the 1891 Paris Salon (no.2522), is the best known. The V&A bought this particular example in 1896. A larger version was shown on Frémiet's stand at the Paris 1900 Exhibition.
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In 1840 Frémiet had entered the studio of Jacques-Christophe Werner, lithographer and principal painter at the Muséum National d’histoire naturelle, France’s National Museum of Natural History in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Here he first studied anatomy and drew studies of animals from life and later succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye as Professor of Drawing. He was influenced by Barye, famous for his animal sculptures, and also by François Rude under whom he had studied sculpture. Following some forty years' work producing sculptures of animals in various contexts, Frémiet's St George and the Dragon is typical of the romantic medievalism of the later 19th century.
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- Victoria and Albert Museum: i dati aperti del museo · acquisita 12 giorni fa
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