Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes
Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes was a 19th- and 20th-century artistic studio and foundry in Brussels, Belgium that specialized in bronze sculptures.[1][2] It became known for casting the works of Auguste Rodin,[3][4] Rembrandt Bugatti,[5] Paul Delvaux,[6] and many others.
Works
Several works by various artists are located in noted museums around the world, including the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[7]
- A statue of William the Silent (1920) on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, cast by Toon Dupuis from a mould by Lodewyk Royer.
References
- ↑ Kelly's Manufacturers and Merchants Directory, Including Industrial Services (Kelly's Directories, 1968), 2229, 2308.
- ↑ Six, Caroline, Inventaire des archives de la Fonderie nationale des bronzes S.A. (Bruxelles (Brussels): Archives générales du Royaume, 1953-1967, 2002).
- ↑ Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, et al., The Bronzes of Rodin: Catalogue of Works in the Musée Rodin, Volume 1 (Paris: Musée Rodin, 2007).
- ↑ Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, Rodin et l'Italie (Rome: Accademia di Francia, 2001), 84.
- ↑ Fromanger, Veronique, Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur (L'Amateur, 2009), 335-338.
- ↑ Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique. De Ingres a Paul Delvaux: Oeuvres de peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, membres de l'Academie aux Musees royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique et a la Bibliotheque royale Albert 1er, presentees a l'occasion du deuxieme centenaire de l'Academie Royale des sciences, des lettres, et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Issue 1 (Brussels: Palais des académies, 1973).
- ↑ Pingeot, Anne. La sculpture au musée d'Orsay (Scala, 1995), 114.
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