Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878- 1951) - Lot 81

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Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878- 1951) - Lot 81
Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878- 1951) The archer Bronze with a shaded brown patina Signed " DRIVIER " on the left side of the terrace Bears the founder's mark " ALEXIS RUDIER FONDEUR PARIS " on the back of the terrace H. 50 cm and terrace W. 26 x D. 14 cm A student of Barrias at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Léon-Ernest Drivier began his career as a practitioner for Auguste Rodin. A quarrel between the two artists over his marble transposition of the master's Day and Night and their irreversible break-up allowed him to explore other avenues, notably those of the independents and then of the "Bande à Schnegg" whose members advocated a liberation from official art and academic classicism. In 1923, Drivier even became one of the founders of the Salon des Indépendants. With his elders Pompon, Bourdelle, Bernard and Despiau and his younger brothers Wlérick, Janniot, Osouf and Dejean, Drivier became one of the leaders of French modern sculpture. He received numerous private and public commissions, both decorative and monumental. Here, the artist, who undoubtedly admired the Heracles executed by Bourdelle for the collector Gabriel Thomas and acclaimed at the 1910 Salon des Artistes, presents his figure, all in tension, balanced on the left knee, the arm stretched vertically towards the sky. Related literature - Marie-Anne Delesalle, If Drivier were told to me: Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878-1951), Editions Complicités, 2019, p.66.
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