{"id":336,"date":"2011-08-24T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2016-03-19T19:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T19:04:56","slug":"robert-philipp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/?page_id=336","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Jules M\u00eane"},"content":{"rendered":"

(1810-1879)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pierre Jules M\u00eane, (P. J. M\u00eane), was born in Paris in March 25, 1810. The son of a metal turner, he received his earliest teaching on sculpture and founding from his father.\u00a0 Although mostly self-taught, M\u00eane studied with and was encouraged by sculptor Rene Compaire.\u00a0 He was influenced by two painters: Landseer of England with his expressive sentimentality, as well as\u00a0 Carle Vernet of France, capturing the latter\u2019s spirit, grace and beauty of compositions in sculptural form.\u00a0 Much of his early studies were at the \u201cJardin des Plantes\u201d in Paris, where he developed great talent for animal sculpture.\u00a0 He first exhibited the bronze statuette entitled Dog and Fox <\/em>at the Paris Salon in 1838, where he exhibited regularly until his death. He received four awards from the Paris Salon: Second Class in 1848, First Class in 1852 and 1861, and a Third Class award in 1855.\u00a0 M\u00eane did not sculpt statues, but rather bronze statuettes generally of domestic and farm animals, (horses, dogs, bulls, and sheep).\u00a0 He modeled over 150 subjects, and received the \u201cCross of the Legion of Honor\u201d in 1861.\u00a0 He exhibited in England at the Great Expositions of 1855, 1867 and 1878, where he was praised as the \u201cLandseer\u201d of sculpture.<\/p>\n

P.J. M\u00eane was one of the most prolific and popular member and sculptors of the Animaliers, a 19th century French group of artists founded by Antoine-Louis Barye that used animals as the primary subject of their art. His sculptures were widely collected by the public. His bronze sculpture, Mounted Huntsman and his hounds<\/em> was acquired by the State of France.<\/em><\/p>\n

He opened his own foundry in the 1850s, creating lost-wax castings of his sculptures in bronze. M\u00eane\u2019s earliest works, Tiger and Alligator<\/em>, reflected Antoine-Louis Barye\u2019s influence.\u00a0 His style evolved to contrast with the romantic style of Barye. He excelled in realistic portrayals of animals, sculpting each in their natural habitat, capturing fleeting movements and delicate details.\u00a0 Generally, his sculptures were portraits with a hint of human personality.\u00a0 M\u00eane was praised for his \u201cperfection in modeling the figures of animals, and for the truth and beauty of his representations.\u201d\u00a0 He worked in the \u201cJuste Milieu,\u201d blending romantic and naturalist elements while retaining a degree of traditionalism.<\/p>\n

M\u00eane\u2019s casts were of the\u00a0highest quality and patinas.\u00a0 The last cast of an addition was edited as sharply as the first.\u00a0 He was meticulous in the after work of his bronze casts, chiseling extremely fine details.\u00a0 His bronzes were signed in block letters \u201cP. J. Mene\u201d with no foundry marks.<\/p>\n

Pierre-Jules M\u00eane died on May 21, 1879. \u00a0His son-in-law, Auguste Cain, continued M\u00eane\u2019s foundries from 1879 to 1892.\u00a0 Subsequently, M\u00eane\u2019s models were sold to the Susse Freres Foundry which cast well into the 20th century, all of which bear their foundry mark or seal.<\/p>\n

Literature documenting the life of Pierre Jules M\u00eane;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les Animaliers<\/em> by Jane Horswell, 1971<\/p>\n

The Animaliers<\/em> by James Mackay, 1973<\/p>\n

Animals in Bronze<\/em> by Christopher Payne, 1986<\/p>\n

Bronzes of the 19th<\/sup> Century<\/em> by Pierre Kjellberg, 1994<\/p>\n

A Concise History of Bronzes<\/em> by George Savage, 1968<\/p>\n

Dictionnaire des Paintres et Sculpteurs<\/em> by E. Benezit, 1966<\/p>\n

Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l\u2019ecole Francaise<\/em> by Stanaslas Lami, 1914<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(1810-1879) Pierre Jules M\u00eane, (P. J. M\u00eane), was born in Paris in March 25, 1810. The son of a metal turner, he received his earliest teaching on sculpture and founding from his father.\u00a0 Although mostly self-taught, M\u00eane studied with and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saddlerivergallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}