"Jeune Femme a la Fleur" - French Art Nouveau Bronze Maiden on Marble Base

Well cast and impressive sculpture of a nude woman entitle "The Vine" numbered 9/100. Bronze cast on solid marble base. Measures: 24" high.

Art Nouveau Bronze Cherub on Cloud Mounted on Marble Socle by Emannuel Villanis, circa 1890 - 1905. A charming late 19th-century bronze sculpture by Villanis depicting a delicately m...

Rare bronze "Daphne" sculpture on marble base by Thomas McKnight, circa 1985. The piece is in very good condition with a great patina measures 4"W x 4"D x 16"H. The sculpture is soli...

Rare bronze nude sculpture on solid marble base signed Laurie Smith circa 1940's nice clean condition.

A delightful Art Nouveau early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of a very beautiful young lady holding a flower in her right hand, the surface of the bronze exhibiting fine detail and...

Maurice Bouval (French 1863 - 1916), Patinated Bronze Figure Of An Art Nouveau Woman Bronze on Marble Plinth.

Art Nouveau "The Bather" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure on a rectangular plinth, indistinctly signed. 19.5" H x 8.5" W x 5" D.

Emmanuel Villanis comes from a family of Italian origin. From 1861, his parents returned to Italy to settle in Piedmont. He had fled Italy because the war of independence broke out, under the threat of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1871, the artist enrolled at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin; he follows the teaching of the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi (1831-1905). As soon as he finished his studies, his master encouraged him to exhibit: his bust Alda, for example, was presented in Milan in 1881. In 1885, Villanis moved to Montmartre, a district of Paris that he never left. The artist's fame is built on his production of female figures. Aida, Judith, Delilah, Lucretia, Cinderella: her work brings together the great heroines of opera, literature, mythology and the Bible. Villanis also discusses certain types - the Bohemian, the Châtelaine, or the Parisienne - and several allegories, including Painting and Sculpture. Made mainly in bronze, sometimes chryselephantine, his sculptures subtly bear the mark of Art Nouveau, including the lettering of the title, which regularly adorns the base. His play on the patinas further adds to the finesse of the line, making Villanis one of the major sculptors of Art Nouveau. Regarding the casting of bronzes, he worked mainly with the Société des Bronzes de Paris and with Eugène...