Mathurin MOREAU (1822–1912): Allegorical figure representing - Lot 203

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Mathurin MOREAU (1822–1912): Allegorical figure representing - Lot 203
Mathurin MOREAU (1822–1912): Allegorical figure representing spring. Terracotta. Signed on the base: moreau/math***. Height: 91 cm. Chips and damage Mathurin Moreau, a native of Dijon, trained under his brothers Hippolyte and Auguste in the studio of his father, Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1797–1855). In 1841, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied under Jules Ramey (1796–1852) and Augustin Dumont (1801–1884). He won the Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1842 and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1848. From 1849 to 1879, Moreau collaborated with the Val d’Osne art foundry, where he became one of the directors. His brilliant career earned him several medals and awards and led to numerous official commissions, which he executed in an academic style favoring allegories and genre scenes that celebrated feminine grace. Moreau exhibited the bronze figure representing Spring at the 1863 Salon (no. 2499). Bibliography: S. Lami, *Dictionary of Sculptors of the French School in the Nineteenth Century*, Vol. III, pp. 496–502.
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