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Bronze Study by Charles Virion a Figural Study of a Pheasant Family and a Snail

Creator: Charles Virion
Offered by: Vintage Looks

Description
Study in Bronze of a family of pheasants surrounding a snail, signed with foundry mark.

Charles Louis Eugène Virion (1865-1946) was a noted French sculptor and ceramicist, principally of animals. Virion studied sculpture in Paris under Jean-Paul Aubé and Charles Gauthier and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1886 until the 1930s. He was awarded a distinction in 1893 and became a member the same year. He won a third-class medal in 1895. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 he won a bronze medal. He also regularly exhibited at the Salon des Animaliers after 1913.
After the First World War, he made memorials for several French municipalities and a public statue of a lifesize dog with puppy called "Mother's love" exposed in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Bronze.
Condition:	Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
Creation Date:	1870
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	541383

Dimensions

W.	14.5 in;	H.	7.5 in;	D.	3.25 in;
W.	36.83 cm;	H.	19.05 cm;	D.	8.26 cm;

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