Description: Sculpture/Plate Wall Plaster Per Georges Laporte 1845-1926 La JocondeThe description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.unique plaster sculpture “the mona lisa” mona lisa by GEORGES LAPORTE 1845-1926good condition see photos 20cm by 27cmOriginally from Tonneins, a small town located in the heart of Lot-et-Garonne, Georges Laporte grew up in Mézin and studied in Bordeaux before moving to the capital where he entered the workshop of the painter and engraver Jules-Gabriel Levasseur. We know little about his personal life and his Parisian career apart from his five participations in the sculpture section of the Salon between 1882 and 1896 with busts and portraits in medallions. Nothing in the title of his works indicates that they could be caricatures. During his participation in the exhibition of the Society of Friends of the Arts of Lyon in 1884, he chose two small busts with more evocative humorous names: Lost Cause and Winned Cause. After 1896, the artist left the public scene. Refugee at the Château de Montesquieu in Réaup-Lisse, he continued to work for himself until his death in 1926. The rediscovery of his studio collection a few years ago brought to light an impressive set of small plaster models sculpted in high relief and painted, all of which gently make fun of the public figures of his time. Alongside Georges Clemenceau, Émile Zola, Aristide Briand, or President Armand Fallières (native of Mézin), sits the great Sarah. Represented in bust and standing out against a gray background, the actress with silver hair is adorned with a monumental nose. She wears a black suit with a high collar topped with a strawberry and flowers hanging from the shoulders. With her mouth half open, she is about to declaim, with her legendary rhythm, verses by Alfred de Musset or Edmond Rostand. Georges Laporte left some notes in his handwriting where he openly claims to be a royalist. His political positions may explain the large number of deputies and ministers represented in his satirical pantheon. Speaking of himself, he writes: "I jeered, scratched, mocked people and institutions" and, repeating a tirade of Cyrano, he adds: "I could have seen spread on my doublet in amusing stains the gall of envious people and the slime of cowards.”Originally from Tonneins, a small town located in the heart of Lot-et-Garonne, Georges Laporte grew up in Mézin and studied in Bordeaux before moving to the capital where he entered the workshop of the painter and engraver Jules-Gabriel Levasseur. We know little about his personal life and his Parisian career apart from his five participations in the sculpture section of the Salon between 1882 and 1896 with busts and portraits in medallions. Nothing in the title of his works indicates that they could be caricatures. During his participation in the exhibition of the Society of Friends of the Arts of Lyon in 1884, he chose two small busts with more evocative humorous names: Lost Cause and Winned Cause. After 1896, the artist left the public scene. Refugee at the Château de Montesquieu in Réa Artiste georges laporte Matière Plâtre Longueur 27 Thème Personnage Type Sculpture Hauteur 20
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Type: Sculpture
Height: 20
Material: Plaster
Length: 27
Theme: Character
Artist: georges laporte
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