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Frémiet
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He was a French bronze sculptor and particularly an "animalier". Born in Paris he studied under Rude, who was his uncle.
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Racing Horses
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While he is best known for his small bronzes, Frémiet also received commissions for large size sculpture such as the equestrian statue of Colonel John Eager Howard in Baltimore; Joan of Arc in Paris with additional editions in Nancy, Philadelphia and Australia; Velazquez also in Paris and others such as of Napoleon, Louis d'Orleans and St. Michael.
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John Eager Howard by Frémiet
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Next to animals and sculptures of historical figures he also produced a series of small military statuettes as a commission from Emperor Napoleon III and a group of most interesting primeval representations, such as his Stone Age Man, Orangutans and Borneo Savage, the Gladiator and Gorilla, Gorilla Dragging a Soldier by the Hair and perhaps most famous of all, his Gorilla Abducting a Woman, which earned him a medal at the Paris Salon of 1877.
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Gorilla
Abducting a Woman, plaster
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Gorilla Abducting a Woman,
bronze
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He exhibited at the Paris Salon starting in 1843 and at the various Expositions Universelles. He won his first medal in 1849, the second in 1851, the third in 1855 and additional ones in 1867, 1887, 1889 and 1900.
He was elected to the Academie des beaux Arts in 1892.
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Pan and the Bear Cubs
A bronze by Frémiet we recently appraised |
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