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Bronze Study by Charles Virion a Figural Study of a Pheasant Family and a Snail

$5,200

£3,966.39

€4,526.43

CA$7,312.56

A$8,025.71

CHF 4,217.63

MX$95,504.34

NOK 53,913.83

SEK 49,266.58

DKK 33,816.91

About the Item

Study in Bronze of a family of pheasants surrounding a snail, signed with foundry mark. Charles Louis Eugène Virion (1865-1946) was a noted French sculptor and ceramicist, principally of animals. Virion studied sculpture in Paris under Jean-Paul Aubé and Charles Gauthier and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1886 until the 1930s. He was awarded a distinction in 1893 and became a member the same year. He won a third-class medal in 1895. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 he won a bronze medal. He also regularly exhibited at the Salon des Animaliers after 1913. After the First World War, he made memorials for several French municipalities and a public statue of a lifesize dog with puppy called "Mother's love" exposed in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Creator:
Charles Louis Eugène Virion (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
Style:
Napoleon III (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
Europe
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1870
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Reference Number:
Seller: AJM1stDibs: LU1273215482402

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