If you owned just one terrific Barye, chances are you’d never see a contemporary art animalier sculpture you’d want to buy. The reason for this has as much to do with the man himself as with his art: Barye became a great artist amidst tumultuous times; for a century, French rule flip-flopped between Revolution, Monarchism, Republicanism and Bonapartism. Imagine the “trickledown” effect of that!Full Article
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