French School of Art Deco, ca. 1930

French Art Deco school, ca. 1930.
"Fawn".
Ceramic figure with glaze glaze.
Presents old restoration in one ear.
Measurements: 27 x 38 x 24 cm.

Sculpture made in ceramic with glazed enamels in white color that represents a fawn lying on itself, resting shyly and innocently while waiting for the return of his mother. Within the framework of the Romantic revolution, a large number of sculptors rebelled against the prevailing academicism of the time by vindicating works depicting animals, whether domestic, wild or exotic. Until then, animals had never been the absolute protagonists of sculpture, although they were in the field of painting. This group of pioneers of animalistic sculpture, with Antoine Louis Barye (1796-1875) as the main figure, developed a new concept of sculpture, based on a realistic language but at the same time seeking the wild and free expressiveness of animals. Baudelaire defined this new language as a reflection of the agitation of the soul, expressed through a wild tension. As with contemporary painters, sculptors of animalistic themes base their work on a precise and faithful analysis of nature.