Francois Pompon - Owl on a pedestal

Francois Pompon was born in Saulieu in the French Burgundy region, the son of a cabinetmaker. At the age of 15, he joined an undertaker in Dijon, where he learned the basics of sculpture. In the evenings, he attended l'Ecole des Beaux Arts. Five years later, he left for Paris, where he also worked for an undertaker in Montparnasse during the day and attended l'Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in the evenings. During his training, he met the sculptor of animal figures Pierre-Louis Rouillard, which may have been the source of inspiration for the work for which he would become famous much later. It was not until 1919 that his work attracted more attention. He sold a stone sculpture of a turtledove to the Musée de Luxembourg, and two years later three plaster animal figures to the Musée de Grenoble. It was not until he was 67 that his big breakthrough came with the exhibition of l'Ours blanc in plaster at the Salon des artistes Français. Successful exhibitions followed in Tokyo and Osaka, and the now famous polar bear was made in marble. The almost 300 works that Pompon left to the French state upon his death were eventually exhibited in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon.



François Pompon
Owl
Replica Made Paradise Moussion Ed van Rosmalen
Bronzed epoxy
Height: 23 cm (including base)
Width: 10 cm
Limited edition (15 copies)
Cool copy
In original packaging with certificate and explanation about Francois Pompom (1855-1933) and his work