Lot n° 45
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Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824-1910) - Lot 45
Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824-1910)
Joan of Arc praying, terracotta, signed and stamped FREMIET, missing, +- 47cm.
Note: Emmanuel Frémiet was a French sculptor born in Montrouge on December 6, 18242 and died in Paris on September 10, 1910.
His most famous works include Gorille enlevant une femme (1887) today in Nantes, St-Michel terrassant le dragon (1897) from Mont-St-Michel, Jeanne d'Arc (1874) from Paris, Monument à Ferdinand de Lesseps (1899) from Port-Saïd today in Port-Fouad, Du Guesclin (1902) from Dinan, Éléphant pris au piège (1878) today in front of the Musée d'Orsay and his many animal subjects.
Alongside his monumental state-commissioned works, he was recognized as an excellent realist animal sculptor. Emmanuel Frémiet devoted himself particularly to equestrian statues. Nephew of the sculptor Rude, he was the father-in-law of the musician Gabriel Fauré.
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