Moreau, a French marble and ormolu mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Japy Freres and serial number 6401, the black marble dial having raised brass Roman numerals and gilt hands, the shaped black marble case with inset panels and canted corners with the clock set to the centre, surmounted by a large cast figure of a classical figure sewing and leaning against a plinth, signed to the side by the sculptor Moreau, with a pair of matching side pieces, height: 67cm * Auguste Louis Marthurin Moreau was born in Dijon in 1834 and died in Malesherbes in 1917 being the youngest son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau. He studied under his father and also with Aimé Millet Augustin Drumont and Jean Thomas Each of the three Moreau brothers, Hippolyte, Marthurin and Auguste, have become renowned for the quality and the beauty of their figurative work. Auguste himself is particularly known for his Art Noveau style figures with his subjects being primarily young maidens sensuously clad in a swirling diaphanous dress and usually decorated with flowers and birds or allegorical and genre scenes incorporating cupids and young children. His style was realistic and graceful, revealing his relation to the other members of the Moreau family. His compositions encapsulate a feeling of innocence whilst incorporating an air of mischievous game. in 1861 Auguste made his debut at the Salon where he would exhibit regularly until 1913.
Moreau, a French marble and ormolu mantel clock the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the trademark of the movement maker Japy Freres and serial number 6401, the black marble dial having raised brass Roman numerals and gilt hands, the shaped black marble case with inset panels and canted corners with the clock set to the centre, surmounted by a large cast figure of a classical figure sewing and leaning against a plinth, signed to the side by the sculptor Moreau, with a pair of matching side pieces, height: 67cm * Auguste Louis Marthurin Moreau was born in Dijon in 1834 and died in Malesherbes in 1917 being the youngest son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau. He studied under his father and also with Aimé Millet Augustin Drumont and Jean Thomas Each of the three Moreau brothers, Hippolyte, Marthurin and Auguste, have become renowned for the quality and the beauty of their figurative work. Auguste himself is particularly known for his Art Noveau style figures with his subjects being primarily young maidens sensuously clad in a swirling diaphanous dress and usually decorated with flowers and birds or allegorical and genre scenes incorporating cupids and young children. His style was realistic and graceful, revealing his relation to the other members of the Moreau family. His compositions encapsulate a feeling of innocence whilst incorporating an air of mischievous game. in 1861 Auguste made his debut at the Salon where he would exhibit regularly until 1913.
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