Joaquin Claret (1879-1964) Woman with jug Brown... - Lot 173 - Crait + Müller

Joaquin Claret (1879-1964) Woman with jug Brown patina bronze proof Florentin Godard sand casting No founder's mark Signed (on the base, back right): "J. Claret". 20.9 x 9.7 x 4 cm Related literature - Maurice Denis (pref.), Claret, cat. exp. Paris, galerie Bernheim-Jeune (December 5-13, 1921), Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1921. - Christina Rodriguez Samaniego, "Ricard Guinó et Joaquim Claret : le destin de deux sculpteurs catalans en France face à la Grande Guerre", Cahiers de la Méditerranée [Online], 82, 2011. Between 1892 and 1900, Claret studied drawing in Olot, Catalonia, then sculpture in Barcelona. On his arrival in Paris in the early 1900s, he worked as a stonemason. He was noticed by Aristide Maillol, who became his master. For ten years or so, Claret worked with Maillol, in particular on the Monument à Cézanne. Claret let himself be influenced by Maillol. After a brief spell at the Académie Ranson, he began a fruitful collaboration with Maurice Denis, notably on the relief projects for the funeral monument to Madame Jamot and the Angel and Virgin of the Annunciation for the priory at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Gradually, he began to specialize in small female figurines, some fifty of which were exhibited at his first solo show in Paris in 1921. It's highly likely that Femme à la jug (Woman with a jug) was shown at this exhibition, which also included several bronzes. In 1926, his first solo show in Barcelona brought him recognition in his homeland and commissions such as Repos for the Camprodón cemetery in Catalonia. After various stays in France and Spain and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1940, Claret settled in Olot, where he exhibited until his death.