HENRYK KOSSOWSKI (Cracow, Poland, 1855-Paris,... Lot n° 36
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HENRYK KOSSOWSKI (Cracow, Poland, 1855-Paris, France, 1921)
Girl feeding the chickens, Art Nouveau.ca.1900.
Patinated bronze, gilt and ivory.
Onyx base.
Signed and inscribed on the base: "Salon des Beaux Arts Paris, Kossowski".
Measurements: 28 x 10 x 10 cm.
Art Nouveau chryselephantine sculpture representing a peasant woman in bronze, with ivory flesh tones.
Henryk Kossowski was initially a student of his father, Henryk I Kossowski (1815-1878) and Marceli Guyski (1830-1893). After graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, he studied in Paris (among others with Mathurin Moreau). He exhibited in Paris and Vienna, as well as in Warsaw, Lviv and Krakow. He was famous for motifs of popular sculptural genre and portraits made in bronze, terracotta and patinated plaster.
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