Georges-Lucien GUYOT (1885-1973)
"Lioness
Rare bronze sculpture with brown patina
Signed "Guyot", founder's stamp Susse Frères Éditeurs Paris and annotated "Cire perdue".
Cire perdue" (lost wax)
Circa 1930
H: 29 cm - W: 54 cm - D: 12.5 cm
Bibliography: "Mobilier et Décoration", year 1930, model reproduced on page
17.
GEORGES-LUCIEN GUYOT
Georges-Lucien Guyot was a French sculptor born in Paris on December 10, 1885.
Paris. Despite his modest background, Guyot showed an obvious talent for art,
but his financial situation prevented him from pursuing artistic studies.
financial situation. He was apprenticed to a wood sculptor, but his passion for art
for art led him to study nature on his own, drawing the animals
animals at the Jardin des Plantes.
At the age of 17, his father gave him the option of training for a year
before joining the army. Guyot spent this year studying at the
d'Histoire Naturelle, where he closely observed wild animals and their
anatomical details. In 1904, he joined the army while attending evening classes
evening classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.
In 1906, when a ceramic kiln was installed at the École des Beaux-Arts,
Guyot creates a clay bear that attracts the attention of a teacher. This
sculpture is exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and marks the beginning of
artistic career. After the war, Guyot settled in Montmartre and enjoyed
creative period, exhibiting his sculptures, Cubist-influenced paintings
Cubist-influenced paintings and animal drawings in numerous
galleries.
In 1931, he joined the Douze Animaliers Français group and regularly
and regularly exhibited his work at art fairs. He received numerous
commissions for monumental sculptures from the French state and
municipalities. At the same time, Guyot worked for the Manufacture nationale de
Sèvres from 1929 to 1950.
In 1950, he was named Chevalier, then Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, and in
1972, he became the first sculptor to receive the Prix Edouard Marcel
Sandoz Prize. The end of his life was marked by the fire in his studio at the Bateau
Lavoir in 1970, destroying much of his work. Guyot died
three years later, on December 31, 1972.
Furniture and decoration January 1930
Estim. 6,000 - 8,000 EUR
