VICTORIEN ANTOINE BASTET (Bollène, France, 1852 - 1905). "Le réveil" 1899. Patinated bronze

VICTORIEN ANTOINE BASTET (Bollène, France, 1852 - 1905).
"Le réveil" 1899.
Patinated bronze
Signed and dated on the side and titled on the front.
Measurements: 85 x 45 x 30 cm.
With this beautiful and serene female nude Victorien Antoine manifests an artistic language rooted in the classical world: beauty, proportion, serenity, balance. Despite these roots, the artist also connects with the avant-garde, thanks to a work of purification and formal synthesis which strips the work of any ancillary, anecdotal element, seeking the essence, that which is immutable, which unites the archaic world with the present day of the 20th century.
Victorien Antoine Bastet began his training at the Avignon School of Fine Arts at the age of 19. As a student he obtained a scholarship to continue his studies in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts. He did his military service in Béziers where he came into contact with Joseph Vallarino, a wealthy merchant who acted as his patron.