Style Neo-gothic / Ref.10309
Jean-Jacques FEUCHÈRE (after) "Andirons Devils"
Dimensions:
Width: 37'' ¾ 96cm
Height: 9'' 23cm
Depth: 4'' ⅜ 11cm
Origin:
19th Century, France
Status:
In very good condition. A hollow on the sheet front. Nice patine built over the years.
This fender was realized in the 19th century in bronze with brown patina. In the center, two snakes join and wrap on a top.
On both sides are two devils, inspired by the Satan presented by Jean-Jacques Feuchère (Paris 1807 - Paris 1852), at the Salon of 1832. In this artwork also, the fallen angel is enveloped by its bat wings.
Feuchère is one of the most famous sculptors of his generation. He lived during the beginning of the production of small bronzes for private house. His works will be widely distributed and became classic iconography, and then a source of inspiration for young artists.
The original work is tainted with romanticism, showing a pensive fallen angel. Here, the artist revisits the work and offers two merrier devil's, more adapted to the new vogue of Gothic style . The image of a melancholy Satan is no longer valid, it now seeks inspiration from laughing gargoyles.
These devils are the reflection of another artistic movement, the Symbolism. It is still full of romanticism, but it also expresses a taste for bizarre, poetic and mystic. It will be used by several artists such as the painter Gustave Moreau or the poet Baudelaire, to whom we owe the phrase "Beauty is always bizarre".
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