Edouard Navellier

French, 1865 - 1945

Navellier was a truly professional sculptor who travelled widely and dedicated much of his time to teaching others. His oeuvre is consequently small, and his editions are limited.

Navellier’s favourite subjects were large wild animals, capable of swift movement, such as elephants, rhinoceroses, buffalo, and camels, portrayed in natural situations, often in combat. These exotic animals were very much in vogue and the Jardin des Plantes was a popular attraction for the inhabitants of Paris and Navellier even went to Antwerp Zoo to observe the animals there.

In the period between the wars this realist strain of his evolved into more schematic forms with almost cubist overtones. This development began with a more economical reconstitution of reality, always meticulously observed, and dissected, and evolved into a synthetic simplification. He thus embodies a conscientious and talented link between the analytical realism of the end of the 19th century and the simplification introduced by Pompon that characterised modernism between the wars.

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Standing Indian Rhino, 1910

Edouard Navellier

An early twentieth century bronze model of a rhinoceros entitled ‘Standing Indian Rhino’ by Edouard Navellier (French, 1865 – 1945). This bronze  is signed ‘E. […]

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