Sculpture – Seated Basset Hound (Ravageot), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) – Bronze

Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910)

Emmanuel Frémiet is a French animal sculptor, born on December 6, 1824 in Montrouge (Hauts de Seine).

Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century.
He entered the workshop of his uncle François Rude, after attending evening classes.
The fashionable theme of "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspires Emmanuel Frémiet and other artists.
He was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Frémiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
He became the official sculptor of the Third Republic.

Emmanuel Frémiet died in Paris on September 10, 1910.

Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)

Emmanuel Fremiet is a French animal sculptor, born on December 6, 1824 in Montrouge.

Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century.
He entered the studio of his uncle François Rude, after having attended evening classes.
The fashionable theme of the “Confrontation between Man and Beast” inspired Emmanuel Fremiet and other artists.
He was an elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Fremiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
He became the official sculptor of the Third Republic.

Emmanuel Fremiet died in Paris on September 10, 1910.