LOUIS CHALON (Paris, 1866 - 1916). "Tannhäuser". Bronze. Marble pedestal. Signed. With plaque of

LOUIS CHALON (Paris, 1866 - 1916).
"Tannhäuser".
Bronze. Marble pedestal.
Signed.
With plaque of the Salon des Artistes Français.
Size: 64 x 49 x 26 cm.
This sculpture represents a scene from the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, where Tannhäuser is seduced by the goddess Venus during his visit to the Mount of Venus (Venusberg), where the goddess Venus dwells. The plaque bears the inscription "On the Venusberg, he tries in vain to escape from Venus, who enchants him when he finds himself transported to a sacred image of Mary".
A painter, illustrator, goldsmith, silversmith and sculptor, Chalon studied with Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Boulanger. He exhibited his classically inspired paintings in the salons of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris from 1880 to 1911. Chalon worked, among others, for the art publisher Arthur Goldscheider, who exhibited at the Salon the Printemps de Bretagne and Eclosion models designed by Chalon. He received honourable mentions at the Paris World Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900. He produced numerous illustrations for the magazines La Vie Parisienne, L'Illustration and Figaro Illustre, as well as for books by the writers François Rabelais, Giovanni Boccaccio and Honoré de Balzac.