Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878 - 1951) - Lot 138

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Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878 - 1951) - Lot 138
Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878 - 1951) Bather tying her hair Circa 1910 Bronze with brown patina Signed "DRIVIER Bears the founder's stamp "MONTAGUTELLI Fres PARIS / CIRE PERDUE". H. 16.5 cm A student of Barrias at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Léon-Ernest Drivier began his career as a practitioner for Auguste Rodin. A falling-out between the two artists over his marble transposition of the master's Le Jour et la Nuit and their irreversible break-up enabled him to explore other avenues, notably those of the independents and then the "Bande à Schnegg", whose members advocated a liberation from official art and academic classicism. In 1923, Drivier became one of the founders of the Salon des Indépendants. Along with his elders Pompon, Bourdelle, Bernard and Despiau and his younger brothers Wlérick, Janniot, Osouf and Dejean, Drivier became one of the leaders of French modern sculpture. He received numerous private and public commissions, both decorative and monumental.
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