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A French late 19th century patinated bronze figural thirteen-light torchère by Mathurin Moreau, Paris
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A French late 19th century patinated bronze figural thirteen-light torchère by Mathurin Moreau, Paris
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Mathurin Moreau belonged to a dynasty of artists, painters and sculptors, his brothers were Auguste Moreau and Hippolyte Moreau and his nephews Louis-Auguste and Hippolyte François also became celebrated sculptors. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at the age of nineteen and studied under Dumont, and first exhibited at the Salon of 1848.
Mathurin Moreau's oeuvre comprises numerous large scale monuments, tombs and important commissions in Paris including the Opéra, the Palais de Justice, the Hotel de Ville, the Tuileries and the Gare du Nord.
Literature:
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes Du XIX Siecle, Paris, p.511


