Lot 19: JOSUE DUPON

JOSUE DUPON BELGIAN 1864-1935 ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON signed: Josue Dupon bronze, dark brown patina on wood base bronze (excluding base): 98 by 59.5cm., 38½ by 23 3/8 in.

After leaving the Academy in Antwerp, Dupon was a regular exhibitor in the Belgian Salons, receiving the gold medal in 1891. Dupon's design style and modelling technique can be compared with his close friend Rembrandt Bugatti. In the present work, Dupon represents the triumphant St George, mounted on a horse, standing on the carcass of his vanquished foe. The dragon is presented dead, its lifeless form stretched over the rectangular base in an almost abstract manner, and its neck twisted around a spike. The present work follows in the monumental tradition of Dupon's most renowned sculptures.