Hippolyte Moreau

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Hippolyte Moreau
SCULPTURE "TWO YOUNG CHILDREN" by Hippolyte MOREAU (1832-1927) Nice group in cookie finely executed resting on a rocaille base in gilded bronze Signed 19th century period H : 48 cm Restorations François, known as Hippolyte, was the second son of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau and trained in his father's workshop. With his two brothers Mathurin and Auguste, he moved to Paris to study under François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts. From 1863 to 1914, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français where he sent decorative subjects most often inspired by the 18th century. He won a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1878 and another in 1900. Most of his works are kept in the Dijon Museum of Fine Arts.
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