Animalier

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A lion killing a boar by Frans Snyders

An animalier (

painters
.

Animalier as a collective plural noun, or animalier bronzes, is also a term in

antiques for small-scale sculptures of animals, of which large numbers were produced, often mass-produced, primarily in 19th-century France and to a lesser extent elsewhere in continental Europe.[1]

Although many earlier examples can be found, animalier sculpture became more popular, and reputable, in early 19th-century

Émile-Coriolan Guillemin
. By the mid-century, a taste for animal subjects was very widespread among all sections of the middle classes.

Prominent animaliers

Eagle by Henri Alfred Jacquemart on the Paris Garnier Opera

Painters

Sculptors

A bronze sculpture of a partridge with gilt patination by Jules Moigniez, c. 1880

References

  1. ^ "Les Animaliers". www.bronze-gallery.com.
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  3. ^ "Dr. Arthur R. Metz and His Collection". Indiana.edu. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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