Isidore-Jules Bonheur

French, 1827 - 1901

Ses œuvres nombreuses, qui lui valurent des médailles successives … sont d’une sage exécution et d’une inspiration élevée. Roger-Miles

 

Bonheur was one of the leading realistic animal sculptors during the second half of the nineteenth century. Whilst he excelled at capturing his chosen subject with anatomical accuracy, he also imbued his more complex equestrian groups with a glamorous and highly decorative feel.

Coming from the famous Bonheur ‘dynasty’ of artists, Isidore Bonheur produced major public sculptures such as the Place Dauphin Seated Lions in Paris, as well as his most characteristic animal pieces for private patrons.

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Horse and Jockey, Trotting, c. 1880

Isidore-Jules Bonheur

A fine quality, rare nineteenth century bronze model of a ‘Racehorse Trotting with Jockey up’, by Isidore Bonheur (French, 1827 – 1901). This bronze, signed […]

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