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Sleeping Rooster Francois Pompon Bronze statue sculpture
Item No. 614
Reproduction after Museum Original from FRANCOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
French sculptor, student of Rodin and famous for his stylized animal figures. Receiving encouragement
from Rodin, he produced some stunning works such as the Polar Bear shown at the 1922 Salon
d'Automne. By the age of 67, he had become famous and produced many other masterpieces during the
last ten years of his career.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Pompon was born in Saulieu in French Burgundy as the son of a carpenter. At his
fifteenth he takes service with a stonemason in Dijon where he learns the principles of sculpting and
attends evening classes at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Five years later he goes to Paris where he also works for a stonemason in Montparnasse during the
daytime and attends evening classes at l’Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratif. Later he contributes to new
decorations for the Hôtel de Ville which had been set on fire in the time of the Commune. During his
education he meets Pierre-Louis Rouillard, a sculptor of animal figures – who possibly became a source
of inspiration for the work which would make him famous later on.
In 1882 he marries Berthe Valain, who, like his mother, worked as a couturier. He tries to build his own
oeuvre and although his first major sculpture Cosette draws the attention of the salon-jury; an independent
sculpting career seems far away. He ends up taking service with Rodin where he becomes head of his
studio three years later.
From 1896 he starts doing a lot of work for Renée de Saint-Mareaux – a famous sculptor of the time.
Pompom does this until Mareaux's death in 1916.
He also continues searching for his own style, in which his preference for sculpting outdoors plays a big
part. For this purpose, he develops an ingenious mobile sculpting-unit. His membership of the Bande a
Schnegg, a group of sculptors involved with Rodin’s studio is of great influence too. Collectively they search
for new stylized shapes, based on the monumental serenity of classical sculpture. In addition, Pompom
starts to focus more and more on animal figures, but his work remains unappreciated and so he goes
through a bad patch.
It is not until 1919 that his work starts attracting more interest. He sells a stone sculpture of a turtledove to
Musée de Luxembourg and two years later three plaster animal figures to Musée de Grenoble. Not until he
is 67 years old does he get his final breakthrough with the exhibition of l’Ours Blanc in plaster at the Salon
des Artistes Français. Successful exhibitions follow in Tokyo and Osaka and the ice bear, which had
become famous by then, is produced in marble. The museum of Saint-Omer buys several of his pieces
and in 1929 the ice bear finds a permanent place in Musée de Luxembourg.
Upon his death, Pompom left nearly 300 pieces to the French state which were eventually displayed at the
Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has a large collection of plaster models.
Made of bonded bronze
Dimensions: 6 in. x 5 in. x 3 in
Weight: 1 lbs
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$49.00
Item No. 614
Reproduction after Museum Original from FRANCOIS POMPON (1855-1933)
French sculptor, student of Rodin and famous for his stylized animal figures. Receiving encouragement
from Rodin, he produced some stunning works such as the Polar Bear shown at the 1922 Salon
d'Automne. By the age of 67, he had become famous and produced many other masterpieces during the
last ten years of his career.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Pompon was born in Saulieu in French Burgundy as the son of a carpenter. At his
fifteenth he takes service with a stonemason in Dijon where he learns the principles of sculpting and
attends evening classes at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Five years later he goes to Paris where he also works for a stonemason in Montparnasse during the
daytime and attends evening classes at l’Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratif. Later he contributes to new
decorations for the Hôtel de Ville which had been set on fire in the time of the Commune. During his
education he meets Pierre-Louis Rouillard, a sculptor of animal figures – who possibly became a source
of inspiration for the work which would make him famous later on.
In 1882 he marries Berthe Valain, who, like his mother, worked as a couturier. He tries to build his own
oeuvre and although his first major sculpture Cosette draws the attention of the salon-jury; an independent
sculpting career seems far away. He ends up taking service with Rodin where he becomes head of his
studio three years later.
From 1896 he starts doing a lot of work for Renée de Saint-Mareaux – a famous sculptor of the time.
Pompom does this until Mareaux's death in 1916.
He also continues searching for his own style, in which his preference for sculpting outdoors plays a big
part. For this purpose, he develops an ingenious mobile sculpting-unit. His membership of the Bande a
Schnegg, a group of sculptors involved with Rodin’s studio is of great influence too. Collectively they search
for new stylized shapes, based on the monumental serenity of classical sculpture. In addition, Pompom
starts to focus more and more on animal figures, but his work remains unappreciated and so he goes
through a bad patch.
It is not until 1919 that his work starts attracting more interest. He sells a stone sculpture of a turtledove to
Musée de Luxembourg and two years later three plaster animal figures to Musée de Grenoble. Not until he
is 67 years old does he get his final breakthrough with the exhibition of l’Ours Blanc in plaster at the Salon
des Artistes Français. Successful exhibitions follow in Tokyo and Osaka and the ice bear, which had
become famous by then, is produced in marble. The museum of Saint-Omer buys several of his pieces
and in 1929 the ice bear finds a permanent place in Musée de Luxembourg.
Upon his death, Pompom left nearly 300 pieces to the French state which were eventually displayed at the
Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has a large collection of plaster models.
Made of bonded bronze
Dimensions: 6 in. x 5 in. x 3 in
Weight: 1 lbs
SHIPPING: Displayed shipping cost may refer for US customers only but we also ship worldwide - please
contact us for a shipping quote if you are ordering outside USA.
Note: The "Ancient Sculpture Gallery" logo over the picture is only a copyright computer watermark which
shows only on the image - it is not part of, or on the actual product.
$49.00
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