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Susse Freres Foundry Tracing its origins to 1758, the Paris foundry of Susse Brothers is most well known to collectors for their production of fine art bronze sculptures in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their catalogue represented the work of many leading artists of the time, including Yevgeny Lanceray, Pierre Jules Mene and Mathurin Moreau. The firm continued its art casting work into the 1990′s and may continue in operation today. Their work was [...] Click here to continue reading. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Lanceray The leading Russian sculptor of the 1870′s and 1880′s, Yevgeny Lanceray was known for the his skill in modeling horses and for his highly detailed models. Many of his works were cast by the St. Petersburg foundry of Felix Chopin, but the Paris foundry of Susse Brothers (Freres) offered a complete collection of Lanceray’s 123 works at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris, and featured them in their catalogues from 1902 [...] Click here to continue reading. F. Barbedienne, Fondeur The Paris foundry of Barbedienne is generally considered to be the premier nineteenth century foundry for bronze sculpture. It was founded in 1838 by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Collas, who had invented a mechanism to mechanically reduce statues. At first the Barbedienne foundry made bronze reductions of Greek and Roman antique sculptures. In 1843 they added the first living artist, Francois Rude, to their clientele. Throughout its history the Barbedienne organization [...] Click here to continue reading. Cheval Turc Cheval Turc No. 2 (anterieur gauche leve, terrasse carree) is a bronze sculpture of a dramatically posed horse by the French sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. Its title translates as Turkish Horse (left leg raised). Barye sculpted the first example of this work circa 1840 and made three further models, including Numbers 2 (cast circa 1857 to 1875) and 3 (cast circa 1870 and after) These editions varied by which leg was raised off [...] Click here to continue reading. Chopin Foundry The Felix Chopin foundry (Chopen, Shopen) was one of the leading foundries working in bronze in St. Petersburg in the late nineteenth century. Their craftsmen were noted for their experience in casting highly detailed sculptures and for their technical ability to make accurate reductions of larger works for smaller sized editions. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 06.09. |
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