Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Sotheby's Paris, Important French Furniture And Sculpture, 10 November 2009, lot 181

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was one of the most important and innovative sculptors of nineteenth-century France. During his long career at the Paris Salon and beyond, Carrier-Belleuse was responsible for important public monuments, as well as creating decorative sculpture for a diverse clientele.

His terracotta models, many of which depict playful mythological subjects, were reproduced widely and among these his busts were among some of his most remarkable works: both portraiture and allegorical subjects. The present bust depicts a charming young man with windswept hair, a bronze version of which is in the collection at Royal Holloway, University of London (inv. no. 2020.71)

RELATED LITERATURE

J. Hargrove and G. Grandjean, Carrier-Belleuse. Le maître de Rodin, exh. cat., Palais de Compiègne, Paris, 2014; J. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, New York and London, 1977