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Bronze Group “Bison Hunt”, Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901), Peyrol Edt – Bronze
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SOLDImportant and rare bronze group, with double patina, brown and gold, entitled “The Bison Hunt”, by the sculptor Isidore Bonheur (1827-1901).
The scene depicts a cowboy on horseback hunting a bison.
The cowboy wears a traditional costume.
He is dressed in his iconic cowboy boots, his famous wide-brimmed hat, pants and a fringed jacket.
He appears as a conqueror, on his galloping horse, armed with his rifles, he is ready to kill the bison.
There is no doubt that Isidore Bonheur was a careful observer of animal nature.
His animals are captured in motion or adopting a characteristic gesture which, as in this case, contains the potential for an emphatic impulse, a contained violence.
Signature of the sculpture “I.BONHEUR”, hollowed out on the naturalistic oval terrace, richly chiseled and decorated.
Signature of the Peyrol foundry.
Many of Isidore Bonheur's bronzes were produced by Hippolyte Peyrol, the sculptor's brother-in-law.
The sculptures cast by H. Peyrol are exceptionally carved, suggesting a strong working relationship between the founder and the sculptor.
Old edition sculpture, second part of the period XIX th century.
Perfect state of conservation and patina.
Dimensions: 42 cm x 65 cm x 23 cm
Important and rare bronze group, with double patina, brown and gold, entitled “The Buffalo Hunt”, by the sculptor Isidore Bonheur (1827-1901).
The scene represents a cowboy on horseback hunting a bison.
The cowboy wears a traditional costume, he is dressed in his emblematic cowboy boots, his famous wide-brimmed hat, trousers and a fringed jacket.
He appears as a conqueror, on his galloping horse, armed with his rifles, he is ready to kill the bison.
There is no doubt that Isidore Bonheur was a careful observer of animal nature.
His animals are captured in movement or adopting a characteristic gesture which, as in this case, contains the potentiality of an emphatic impulse, of a contained violence.
Signature of the sculpture “I.BONHEUR”, hollow on the naturalistic oval terrace, richly chiseled and decorated.
Signature of the Peyrol foundry.
Many of Isidore Bonheur's bronzes were produced by Hippolyte Peyrol, the sculptor's brother-in-law.
The sculptures cast by H. Peyrol are exceptionally sculpted, suggesting a strong working relationship between the founder and the sculptor.
Old edition sculpture, period second half of the 19th century.
Perfect state of conservation and patina.
Dimensions: 42 cm x 65 cm x 23 cm
Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901)
Isidore Jules Bonheur is a French painter and sculptor.
Born on May 15, 1827 in Bordeaux, he was the third child of the painter Raymond Bonheur (1796-1849) and his wife née Sophie Marquis (1797-1833).
His family is made up of artists, the best known of whom is Rosa Bonheur, the eldest of the siblings.
Isidore first received artistic training from his father Raymond and his older sister Rosa, then in 1827 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
After practicing painting, he sent a plaster group to the Salon of 1848, an “African rider attacked by a lioness”; he thus moved towards animal sculpture.
His group “Bullfight” was noticed at the Salon of 1850.
Isidore Bonheur obtained medals in the Salons of 1865 and 1869, and a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 in Paris.
It will mainly consist of groups of animals.
I.Bonheur was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1895.
He died on November 19, 1901 in Paris.
Many of his works can be found today in Museums, notably in Bordeaux, Warsaw in Poland or even in the United States, but it is especially at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris that we find the majority of his works. sculptures.
Isidore Jules Bonheur (1827-1901)
Isidore Jules Bonheur was a French painter and sculptor.
Born in Bordeaux on May 15, 1827, he was the third child of painter Raymond Bonheur (1796-1849) and his wife Sophie Marquis (1797-1833).
His family was made up of artists, the best-known of whom wasRosa Bonheur, the eldest sibling.
Isidore began his artistic apprenticeship with his father Raymond and older sister Rosa, and in 1827 entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
After practicing painting, he sent a plaster group to the 1848 Salon, entitled “African rider attacked by a lioness”; he then turned to animal sculpture.
His group, “Bull fight”, attracted attention at the 1850 Salon.
Isidore Bonheur won medals at the 1865 and 1869 Salons, and a gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
He mainly composed groups of small animals.
I.Bonheur was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1895.
He died in Paris on November 19, 1901.
Many of his works can now be found in museums, notably in Bordeaux, Warsaw in Poland and the United States, but most of his sculptures can be found at the Orsay Museum in Paris.
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