'Odalisque' By Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois

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'Odalisque' By Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois

'Odalisque' By Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois

Dimensions: H: 33 in / 83 cm

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DESCRIPTION LITERATURE

L'Odalisque à la Verseuse
& Le Charmeur de Serpent

By Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois (1838-1886)

A figural pair, both in cast bronze, now well patinated, the female figure rising from a circular base, cast with drapery, portraying an orientalist concubine wearing a loose skirt, her pendant pair is the famous snake charmer, also on a circular base, cast with a coiled snake, the loincloth-draped figure playing his woodwind instrument. Both inscribed with the artist's name "A. Bourgeois."
French, Circa 1860

Born in Dijon in 1838, Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois (1838-1886) entered the École des Beaux Arts in 1857 where he was a student of Duret and Guillaume. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1863, was a member of the Societe des Artistes Français, and exhibited at the Universelle Exposition of 1878.

His most celebrated works are his carefully observed exotic characters. Of these Le Charmeur de Serpent, exhibited at the Salon in 1864, is arguably his best known. This bronze was paired with his Le Chasseur de Crocodile (exhibited at the Salon in 1883) and stands in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Another bronze version of the Charmeur was commissioned by the French Royal household. Examples of his work may also be seen in the Louvre.

As a baron, Bourgeois is one of a small group of titled artist-sculptors of the era including Baron Marochetti and the Comte d'Orsay.

Benezit, E. Dictionnaire Critique & Documentaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs & Graveurs 14 Volumes. France: Grund/Hilmarton Manor Press, 1999, Vol II.

Kjellberg, Pierre. Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 1994.

REF No. 9206

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