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Fine Bronzes by Moreau
Bronzes by the and other members of his talented artistic family are beautifully rendered examples of the Art Nouveau style from turn-of-the-century France.
Mathurin Moreau，（1822- 1912). French sculptor and entrepreneur. His father, Jean-Baptiste MoreauFlower Fairy, exhibited at the Salon in plaster, was commissioned by the State in bronze . At the 1861 Salon, his marble Spinner was also bought by the State, for the Muse du Luxembourg, Paris (version, Dijon. Mus. B.-A.). Among his public works, he contributed decorative sculpture to the new Opra and to the rebuilt tel de Ville in Paris, and also produced so commemorative statues, which he executed in collaboration with Paul . However, it was probably the extent of his entrepreneurial activities that won for Moreau an influential position in public life. Having provided many sculpture models for commercial exploitation by the Val d'Osne foundry, he became one of the administrators of the du Val d'Osne. Together with his pupil and namesake,Auguste Moreau , he continued, well into the 20th century, to supply models for the manufacture of decorative bronze statuettes that were wholly untouched by more avant-garde endeavours. From 1878Moreau was mayor of the 19th arrondissement in Paris.

Charles Anfrie (C. Anfrie)
(1797-1855), a sculptor in Dijon, was best known for his restoration of the medieval tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy, which had been damaged during the French Revolution. In 1852 his (French, 1833-1905)
Charles Anfrie C. Anfrie

Emile-Louis Picault

(French, 1833-1915)Picault was a student of Louis Royer and exhibited a wide genre of sculpture at the Paris Salon from 1860 to 1909. His Egyptian figures, of Queens and Pharaoh’s and Priests and Priestesses, are amongst his most popular works and follow in the tradition of ethnographic decorative sculpture in France during the late Nineteenth Century and the fashion for Egyptian subjects which followed Napoleon’s campaigns in the Nile delta. The overly ornate head-dresses, complicated pleats and jewellery and accessories echo the romantic ideals of the Belle Époque.

Picault was a prolific and commercially successful sculpture. He used many different foundries for his sculptures, all of which were exhibited as bronzes, many being cast by Susse Freres, Houdebine, and Colin.

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(French, 1853-1934) French Sculptor Artist.

C. Desmeure
French Sculptor Artist.

Sculpture of Wu Weishan

Professor Wu Weishan is a pre-eminent sculptor of the new generation, having found his artistic maturity after the opening-up of China in the 1980s and subsequent developments in the world of art. His sculptures are highly praised for the blending of Chinese traditional styles with elements of modern sculpture. He holds much reverence for tradition, and philosophically bases his works on an Oriental aesthetic standard. In addition to winning numerous international awards, he has been invited to various foreign academic institutions to lecture, thus greatly promoting the understanding in international cultural circles of Chinese culture and contemporary Chinese sculpture.

During his distinguished artistic career, Professor Wu has created several hundred sculptures, drawing from such diverse subject matter as the portrait, cityscape and religion. However, Wu's main work has been to sculpt head portraits for well-known figures, both historical and modern. Over the past years, he has made sculptures of more than 200 Chinese and foreign celebrities, including Qi Baishi, Fei Xiaotong, Chen Ning Yang and Shiing-shen Chern. In 1996, he was invited by the Dutch government to go to Holland and make a sculpture for the Dutch Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, who afterwards paid a special visit to see Wu and his works in Suzhou City, on the occasion of her official visit to China in 1999.

Portrait sculpture of the Dutch Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard.

On November 8, 2004, the 82-year-old Nobel Laureate in Physics and professor emeritus of Nanjing University, Chen Ning Yang, arrived at Nanjing University library to attend the unveiling ceremony of his portrait sculpture. This work had taken Wu Weishan five years to conceive and finally finish. After this success, Wu made another two sculptures of the scientist which are displayed separately in Nanjing Museum and Tsinghua University, Chen Ning Yang's alma mater.

In 1999, the Nanjing Museum set up the Wu Weishan Sculpture House for Celebrities, and a plaquard was specially inscribed for the occasion by Professor Chen Ning Yang. Mr. Anthony Stones, Chairman of the British Royal Portrait Sculpture Association, commended Wu Weishan as being "An outstanding Chinese sculptor who has established an indigenous stylistic approach to portrait and figurative sculpture."

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Master-stained glass

Emile-Louis Picault