L'orage

Details

Alfred-Désiré Lanson (French, 1851-1898)
L'orage
signed 'Lanson' (on right handside of base) and inscribed with Parisian foundry mark (on other side of base); also further insribed 'L'orage par Lanson Grand Prix, exposition des Beaux Arts, Paris' (on the front of the base).
bronze with a mid brown patina
27½ in. (70 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris and the artists Rouillard, Jouffroy and A. Millet. He exhibited in the Paris Salon from 1870 until his death. His talent was recognised in his own time, with a third class medal in 1876, second class in 1879 and first class in 1880. Lanson was made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1882. With this sculpture L'orage he was awarded a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Beaux Arts in Paris.

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