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Lot description
CHARLES ARTUS ( France, 1897- 1978). "The rooster", c. 1929. Bronze. Signed. Measurements: 37 x 43 x 15 cm. Charles Artus settled in Paris, where he entered the workshop of the sculptor and painter of animals Edouard Navellier (1865-1944). Although the latter had a collection of animals from Europe in his garden, he encouraged the young artist to continue looking for his models in the Jardin des Plantes and transmitted to him his fondness for the observation of nature and precision in anatomical studies. Later, Artus perfected this technique with François Pompon (1855-1933), to whom he was an assistant for many years. After setting up his own workshop in rue de Vaugirard, he abandoned his former naturalistic approach and became more interested in the overall volume of his models and the stylization of forms. During the 1920s, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he won the bronze medal in 1926, and of which he later became Perpetual Secretary. In 1931, he was, along with other artists such as Paul Jouve (1878-1973) and Georges Guyot (1885-1973), one of the founding members of the Groupe des Douze, created by François Pompon and Jane Poupelet after the dissolution of the Société des Artistes animaliers. Many of his works are in important private or museum collections, such as the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris or the Metropolitan Museum of Art.