Andre Vincent Becquerel Arabian Horse bronze sculpture c. 1930

ANDRE VINCENT BECQUEREL (1893-1981) France

Arabian Horse sculpture c. 1930

Bronze with overall rich green/brown patina with intricate sculpting and details, black Belgian marble plinth base

Signed: A. Becquerel (inscribed in the bronze)

H: 12” x W: 21” x D: 6”

Price: $27,500

Andre Vincent Becquerel was born in St. Andre-Farivilliers. He studied at the l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Hector Lemaire and Prosper Lecourtier. He specialized in fine animal sculpture and regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1914 to 1922.  Becquerel worked for the Editeur Parisiens Edmond Etling  in Paris and created a monumental sculpture in patinated plaster for the “Pavillon international” at the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1937.