Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze Statuette with Marble Base of a Dancer

Description

Pretty and elegant statuette in cast bronze with marble base, depicts a young dancer who performs with harmony and plasticity … more Pretty and elegant statuette in cast bronze with marble base, depicts a young dancer who performs with harmony and plasticity a difficult dance number holding lightly a bouquet of flowers, is a young dancer with clothing, hairstyle and fashion face Art Noveau, very well represented the slender body full of an elegant grace and composed, the excellent fusion of bronze statuary (copper, tin combined with hardening materials), was then finished by hand in all details.

Two types of marble were used for the base: Nero Marquinia, a high-quality, fine-grained stone material with a deep black color, extracted from the region of Markina, Basque Country in northern Spain, is one of the most famous and appreciated natural stones in the world; Marquinia is widely used for fine ornamental work; for the underlying part was used the marble Fior di Pesco Apuano extracted from the mountains overlooking Massa-Carrara (Italy), is one of the most valuable marbles in the world, the unmistakable shades ranging from pink, gray and white, in the past was first used by the Romans to shine their rooms and palaces, then by the Medici family to embellish the rich Renaissance Florence.

The statuette was made in Art Noveau style between 1920 and 1922 with beautiful bronze statuary casting in a small artisan workshop in Val D'Osne (Haute Marne, France), an area famous for its cast iron, bronze, and copper foundries. The Art Nouveau ("New Art") is an artistic and philosophical movement that was born in France between the end of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century and spread throughout Europe with different names in different countries: in Spain the modernism, in Italy the liberty, in Austria the Sezessionstil, in Germany the Jugendstil. From a visual point of view, the works of Art Nouveau (paintings, statues, architecture) are characterized by a pronounced decorative elegance and soft, sinuous lines that meet and intertwine harmoniously.

The city of choice par excellence of this artistic movement was therefore Paris. Pretty and elegant statuette in cast bronze with marble base, depicts a young dancer who performs with harmony and plasticity a difficult dance number holding lightly a bouquet of flowers, is a young dancer with clothing, hairstyle and fashion face Art Noveau, very well represented the slender body full of an elegant grace and composed, the excellent fusion of bronze statuary (copper, tin combined with hardening materials), was then finished by hand in all details; two types of marble were used for the base: Nero Marquinia, a high-quality, fine-grained stone material with a deep black color, extracted from the region of Markina, Basque Country in northern Spain, is one of the most famous and appreciated natural stones in the world; Marquinia is widely used for fine ornamental work; for the underlying part was used the marble Fior di Pesco Apuano extracted from the mountains overlooking Massa-Carrara (Italy), is one of the most valuable marbles in the world, the unmistakable shades ranging from pink, gray and white, in the past was first used by the Romans to shine their rooms and palaces, then by the Medici family to embellish the rich Renaissance Florence.

The statuette was made in Art Noveau style between 1920 and 1922 with beautiful bronze statuary casting in a small artisan workshop in Val D'Osne (Haute Marne, France), an area famous for its cast iron, bronze, and copper foundries. The Art Nouveau ("New Art") is an artistic and philosophical movement that was born in France between the end of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century and spread throughout Europe with different names in different countries: in Spain the modernism, in Italy the liberty, in Austria the Sezessionstil, in Germany the Jugendstil. From a visual point of view, the works of Art Nouveau (paintings, statues, architecture) are characterized by a pronounced decorative elegance and soft, sinuous lines that meet and intertwine harmoniously; Art Nouveau was born as a reaction to the industrial production of mass-produced objects made possible by the automation processes of the late nineteenth century. In order to escape the massification of the product, the Art Nouveau artists innovated it, embellishing it with a personal touch to make it unique. The statuette is in good condition, but the marble bases have some scratches. Measures length cm.39, width cm.12, height cm.21. For all our shipments we use special packaging materials (wooden crates, styrofoam, etc.) for maximum protection and safety of the objects. less