MAURICE FRECOURT. BRONZE FIGURE.

Rooster & Fasan, bronze, signed, early 20th century, on a marble base, height: 14 cm.

Maurice Frécourt began practicing in 1890, a date often incorrectly given as that of his birth. His youth and enthusiasm enabled him to make a name for himself in the field of Belle Epoque bronze art. It was from the 1920 Salon, however, that he gained fame and prestige, successfully translating the hieratic imperatives of the Art Deco style into his vision of the animal world. His variations on the elephant, the panther and the monkey have become classics of stylized animal depiction.