Sculpture – Free Horse, Paul – Édouard Delabrierre (1829-1912) – Bronze

Bronze sculpture, with brown patina, depicting a horse “Free Horse” by Paul-Édouard Delabrierre.
The horse is represented in movement, the posture is aerial and underlines the free character of the horse.
Signature of the sculptor “E. DELABRIERRE", in the hollow, on the naturalistic oval terrace, richly wooded and chiselled. 
Old edition sculpture, second part of the period XIX th century.
Perfect state of conservation and patina.

Length : 23cm x 26cm

Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912) 

Paul-Édouard Delabrierre, born in Paris, March 29, 1829 is a French animal sculptor .

Paul-Édouard Delabrierre studies painting with the painter Jean-Baptiste Delestre, before turning to sculpture .
His first exhibition took place at the “Salon des Artistes français” in 1848, with a wax sculpture representing “A Terrier holding a hare”.
It is from this moment that Paul-Edouard Delabrierre will devote all his work to Animal Art.

Influenced by Antoine Louis Barye, Paul-Édouard Delabrièrre is considered one of the most important artists of the École Animalière.
The Louvre welcomes " The horse riding " , surely the greatest group that Delabrièrre has ever done.
He exhibited at the “Salon des Artistes français”, for around fifty years, from 1848 to 1898, and obtained an honorable mention in 1859, with his work « Indian panther devouring a heron". 
He is a member of the Society of French Artists.

Paul-Édouard Delabrièrre died in Paris in 1912.