Brown bear, after the original of Pompon. Made of resin. Hand patinated in dark brown bronze. Height 11 cm. The bear is packed in a representative box with a small certificate.
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Brown Bear - Ours Brun
This smoothly sculpted sculpture of a brown bear was created by the sculptor François Pompon. The Parastone studio has made a licensed replica of this high-quality resin.
The sculpture comes with a brand stamp of this licensed version and a color brochure of this museum replica. The brown bear is hand-cast in resin and finished with a patina in black bronze.
- Height: 11 cm and delivered in a gift box.
About the sculptor Pompon:
François Pompon (1855-1933) was born in Saulieu in the French Burgundy region, the son of a cabinetmaker. At the age of 15, he joined a funeral director in Dijon, where he learned the basics of sculpting. In the evenings, he attended the École des Beaux Arts. Five years later, he moved to Paris, where he also worked at a funeral director's in Montparnasse during the day and attended the École des Arts Décoratifs in the evenings. During his education, he met the sculptor of animal figures, Pierre-Louis Rouillard, which may have been the source of inspiration for the work for which he would later become famous. It was only from 1919 that his work began to attract more attention. He sold a stone sculpture of a turtledove to the Musée de Luxembourg, and two years later, three plaster animal figures to the Musée de Grenoble. It was only when he was 67 years old that he achieved his breakthrough with the exhibition of the "L'Ours blanc" (White Bear) in plaster at the Salon des artistes Français. Successful exhibitions followed in Tokyo and Osaka, and the now famous polar bear was executed in marble. The nearly 300 works that Pompon bequeathed to the French state after his death are ultimately exhibited in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon.
