Bronze Doré Art Deco Sculpture by Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu

Bronze Doré Art Deco Sculpture by Raoul Eugène LamourdedieuTime by French Art Deco sculptor Raoul Eugne Lamourdedieu, 1877 1953, signed on one end. The movement of time is depicted by a clock face with rays intersecting a child and an adult woman. Paris, c. 1930. 22. 5 long x 10. 5 high x 4. 25 thick French sculptor and medallist Raoul Lamourdedieu studied at the LEcole des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux, and continued his studies in Paris. He was made a Chevalier de la Lgion dhonneur. In 1900 he helped develop

“Time” by French Art-Deco sculptor Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu, 1877-1953, signed on one end.  The movement of time is depicted by a clock face with rays intersecting a child and an adult woman.  Paris, c.1930.  

 22.5” long  x  10.5” high  x  4.25” thick

French sculptor and medallist Raoul Lamourdedieu studied at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, and continued his studies in Paris. He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.  In 1900 he helped develop decorative sculptures that decorated the Grand Palais, in Paris.

In 1930, he became a professor at the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, in Paris.  His works were exhibited in many of the major cities of France, and are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  His work, influenced first by Rodin, and later by the work of Bourdelle and Maillol, was in line with the figurative tradition.