VICTOR DEMANET (Givet, France, 1895 - Ixelles, Belgium, 1964). "Hercules archer", 1925. Bronze.
VICTOR DEMANET (Givet, France, 1895 - Ixelles, Belgium, 1964).
"Hercules the Archer", 1925.
Bronze.
Signed.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture in the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 50 cm (height) x 45 x 17 cm.
In this sculpture Victor Demanet represents an archer at the moment of drawing his bow. He focuses all his attention on a meticulous description of the anatomy subjected to a moment of great effort. All the muscles are under tension, and the torso is turned, accompanying the right arm and marking the muscles of the chest and belly. Despite this, the archer's expression is serene yet concentrated, and the regular features and short curly hair recall Greco-Latin sculpture.
According to the catalogue of the exhibition held at the MEAM, "Victor Demanet was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Namur. Despite his early recognition in the field, he abandoned sculpture to enlist as a soldier in the First World War. During the war, he was stationed in Brussels, where the discovery of Meunier's work acted as a revelation to him. This revelation was confirmed when in 1921 he travelled to Paris and became acquainted with the sculpture of Rude, Carpeaux and, above all, Rodin. It was then that he regained his passion for sculpture. In 1923 he exhibited his bust Napoleon in Arcole, which consecrated him and enabled him to obtain public and private commissions, including international ones, producing monumental works, medals and portraits of important Belgian personalities, such as the painter James Ensor and his master, the sculptor Désiré Hubin. His main themes were sport and, especially, the world of work, where he combined his two great influences in a personal way: Meunier's subject matter with a plastic treatment indebted to Rodin.
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VICTOR DEMANET (Givet, France, 1895 - Ixelles, Belgium, 1964).
"Hercules the Archer", 1925.
Bronze.
Signed.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture in the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 50 cm (height) x 45 x 17 cm.
In this sculpture Victor Demanet represents an archer at the moment of drawing his bow. He focuses all his attention on a meticulous description of the anatomy subjected to a moment of great effort. All the muscles are under tension, and the torso is turned, accompanying the right arm and marking the muscles of the chest and belly. Despite this, the archer's expression is serene yet concentrated, and the regular features and short curly hair recall Greco-Latin sculpture.
According to the catalogue of the exhibition held at the MEAM, "Victor Demanet was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Namur. Despite his early recognition in the field, he abandoned sculpture to enlist as a soldier in the First World War. During the war, he was stationed in Brussels, where the discovery of Meunier's work acted as a revelation to him. This revelation was confirmed when in 1921 he travelled to Paris and became acquainted with the sculpture of Rude, Carpeaux and, above all, Rodin. It was then that he regained his passion for sculpture. In 1923 he exhibited his bust Napoleon in Arcole, which consecrated him and enabled him to obtain public and private commissions, including international ones, producing monumental works, medals and portraits of important Belgian personalities, such as the painter James Ensor and his master, the sculptor Désiré Hubin. His main themes were sport and, especially, the world of work, where he combined his two great influences in a personal way: Meunier's subject matter with a plastic treatment indebted to Rodin.
