Irénée Rochard - Jager met boog en windhond

French Art Deco sculpture of a hunter with a bow and two pheasants over the shoulder, next to him a greyhound. Made by Irene Rochard, France, 1930s


Rare collector's item. In good condition, the marble base has some chips.

Irénée Rochard was a French decorative sculptor, best known for his Art Nouveau-like representations of animals. He usually worked in bronze, but also made various statuettes in marble, ceramics or wood. Rochard was fascinated by animals, and wanted to devote his work to their study, creating very lifelike images resulting from his careful observations of many animals. Born in 1906 in Villefranche sur Saône, France to a family of artists, he went on to study at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, where he met fellow animal sculptors François Pompon and Edouard Marcel Sandoz. In 1938 he became a member of the Society of French Artists. In 1931 he won a gold medal at the Colonial Exhibition. A number of his works were purchased by the city authorities of Paris and the City of New York. Rochard died in 1984 in Paris, France.