Bronze Pierre Félix Fix-masseau (1869-1987) Art Nouveau, Bust De Beethoven

  
Sculpture in bronze with black patina on base in black marble with facets. Total height 17.5 cm. F ix-masseau, director of the school of decorative arts of limoges until 1935, was at the end of the 19th century one of the artists of modern decorative art.

He creates objects in which fantasy and dream mingle with the evocation of nature. Some elements like the hair, where as here the drape, take on strange importance.

Fix-masseau integrates in his works the most diverse materials, which reinforces the decorative aspect: the sculptor explores the expressive properties of ivory, ceramics, and researches special patinas for bronze. It thus declines inklers, candlesticks, vases. His marked taste for the female figure combined with floral motifs, his fascination with the unusual, his interest in domestic objects make him one of the representatives of art nouveau but also of symbolism.

This is a perfect illustration: an immense veil reveals more than it covers the nudity of a figure, priestess or magician, the face half hidden under the striking effect of the drape. The ivory box concentrates first of all the attention, and the precision of the material accords with the wonderful finish given to the way of wood. It is with such figures that the artist attracts attention, including that of the siot-decauville founder who publishes. The item "Bronze stone fixed-masseau felix (1869-1987) art nouveau, buste de beethoven" has been on sale since Friday, May 7, 2021. It is in the category "art, antiques\art of xixe and before\sculptures, statues".

The seller is "cadurque801" and is located in/in france. This item can be shipped to the following countries: america, europe, asia, australia.

1. dimension (cm): from 10 to 30
Material: bronze
2. period: xixeme and before
3. theme: bust
Type: sculpture
4. weight: 2,800 kg