Prosper Lecourtier - French 1851-1924, Pointer Dog, Bronze Sculpture

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Prosper Lecourtier, French 1851-1924 Pointer Dog Bronze Sculpture measuring H 10 x W 9 x D 3.5 inches Signed on the back Lecourtier. Condition: Good It was with Emmanuel Fremiet and Jules Coutan that Prosper Lecourtier trained in sculpture. Inspired by the big cats and birds, as well as dogs and horses, he devoted himself exclusively to animal subjects. From 1875 until his death, he participated every year in the Salon - with the exception of 1881 - and received several prizes: a second class medal in 1879, a third class medal in 1880 and a first class medal in 1902. Lecourtier also participated in the 1900 World's Fair, where he received a bronze medal. That year, he exhibited two plaster casts: a Danish Bitch suckling her young and a War Dog killed in action. These two sculptures were acquired by the State. The sculptor sometimes worked in collaboration with Hippolyte Moreau (1832 - 1927) for certain groups, in particular the Piqueur au relais, whose dogs he made. In 1909, Paul Leroi wrote about the sculptor in glowing terms in the magazine L'Art: I have great sympathy for the talent of Mr. Prosper Lecourtier, a robust, raw, sincere talent, sometimes even bordering on savagery, but frank even in his faults, when he happens to have some.