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THBIsidore Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901)
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Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveJul 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
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Horse and Jockey
bronze, 24 1/8 by 29 by 9 in.inscribed "I. Bonheur" and stamped "PEYROL Edteur" on base Isidore-Jules Bonheur was born in 1827 in Bordeaux, France, to a prominent family of artists and sculptors that included his father and first teacher, Raymond Bonheur, and his older sister, noted animalier artist Rosa Bonheur. After moving to Paris as a young man with his family, Bonheur studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and exhibited for the first time with the Paris Salon in 1848. He became renowned for his mounted equestrian models, which he exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Over the course of his career Bonheur won widespread recognition, including the Gold Medal for an equestrian bronze at the 1889 Exposition Universelle and the Legion d?Honneur in 1895. Bonheur is considered among the leading French animalier artists, along with Antoine-Louis Bayre and Pierre-Jules Mene, for the naturalism and realism he brought to sculpture in the nineteenth century. Bonheur?s works are noted for their close attention to detail, with careful casting that includes the horse?s individual veins, rippling of muscles, and precise modeling of the jockey?s silks, blanket texture, and the ribbon on his hat. This stems from the artist?s close relationship with his bronze foundry since it was run by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol. Peyrol was married to Bonheur?s sister Juliette, and the stamp ?PEYROL Edteur? indicates that the highest quality and care has been taken in the casting and modeling of this work.
Provenance: Private Collection, California
By descent in the family to the current ownerCondition
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