A Bronze Figure Of A Standing Red Deer Doe Paul Colomera Post 1867

Description

Heading : A bronze figure of a Red Deer Doe by Paul Colomera (1818-1897)
Date : Post 1867
Period : Napoleon 111
Origin :France
Decoration : Dark brown even patination
Size :Height 32cm. Length 33cm.
Condition : Signed and dated 1867
Restoration :None
Weight : 4.614 kilo

Eric Knowles Comments

Paul Comolera was born in Paris studied under Francois Rude and exhibited at the Salon from 1847. He is considered to be one the foremost of those French sculptors whose works concentrated upon animal and bird subjects  including such names as Jules Mene. Antoine Louis Barye. and Jules Moigniez .the latter a former pupil  and with others collectively referred to as ‘Les Animaliers.’

His works were cast in bronze and the subject of the Red Deer Doe is thought by some to be a three dimensional response to Sir Edwin Landseer’s celebrated painting of a magnificent stag titled ‘Monarch of the Glen’ completed in 1851.

Some of Colomera’s works were offered in ceramic form by the Faience works of Boulanger in Choisy le Roi. However. his unquestionable ceramic triumph was life size sculpture of a Peacock shown perched upon a rock-form mound . Working at the behest of fellow Frenchman and Minton’s Art Director Leon Arnoux the majolica glazed masterwork was first shown in 1873 to great acclaim. An example of this 5ft high exhibition figure can be seen in The Potteries Museum in Hanley.  Stoke on Trent.