Neoclassical group of figures "3 women carrying bowls" by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Choisy-le-Roi.

Stamp mark with the addition "France". Late 19th century France. Signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse" on the base. Model no. 3018 M3B1 1196, designed by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887).

Majolica, painted in color. H 61 cm.

3 elegant women in classicist robes, holding 1 large bowl, on an oval base. Restored to the base, small glaze defects in places, finely cracked in the bowl.

Choisy-le-Roi has been one of the most important centers of French ceramic production since around 1804, producing the finest majolica in France and gaining a great reputation at international exhibitions. Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887 in Sèvres) was a French sculptor and draughtsman. He studied under Pierre Jean David d'Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1840. From the 1850s onwards, he created marble works, bronze sculptures and terracotta busts. Through the painterly and naturalistic treatment, they took on a vivid expression. Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was considered one of the most successful decorative sculptors of his time and was called the "Clodion of the Second Empire" (Claude Michel Clodion, 1738-1814). in 1864, he became friends with the young sculptor Auguste Rodin. After the armistice in 1871, Carrier-Belleuse went to Brussels with Rodin to accept public commissions with his collaboration and assistance. From 1875 to 1887, he was artistic director and head of the studio of the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres in Sévres. Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was the father of the sculptor Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (1848-1913), who became the artistic director of the Choisy-le-Roi Faiencerie under Hippolyte Boulenger in 1889. See Wikipedia.

Provenance : Museum estate of Peter Kaus.

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