Today at Christie's auction will be exhibited 50 sculptures of the Claude and François-Xavier Lalann from a private European collection

Collection of 50 works of Claude and François-Xavier Lalann of a private European collection will be offered for bidding the auction house Christie's, which will be held today in Paris.

During his studies at the Academy Juliane - Private Academy of Fine Arts in Paris-based French artist Rodolfo Zhyulianom in 1868, François-Xavier Lalann mainly engaged in classical painting, which became a sort of prelude to further his studies sculpture . Lalann borrows from the classic elegance of the forms and lines. In addition, the formation of his own style of art has a definite influence of Constantin Brancusi (since they were neighbors in 1949) as well as the art of Ancient Egypt, with magnificent examples of whom he met in the halls of the Louvre in Paris. The originality of works of Francois-Xavier Lalanna is the uniqueness of his fantastic bestiary. Claude Lalann approach to sculpture, quite different. For her work, created using different techniques from the art of casting to electrotype, characterized by the amazing transformations that are undergoing a well-known to all images.

Rodney creativity of both artists striving to overcome the boundaries that separate the fine arts and design. Their sculptures, which are closely intertwined the highest technical skill and poetic images, often surprising, and sometimes even forced to laugh. This effect is based on a combination of real and fiction began. The works created by each of the sculptors, as well as their joint works are born as a result of metamorphosis and are both functional and highly artistic objects.

At the upcoming Paris bid section of the spouses Lalann headed by a monumental marble sculpture of François-Xavier Lalanna «White lady», created in 2005 ( estimeyt 180-250 thousand euro ). This is a figure of an owl in height more than two and a half meters. The image of an owl - an ancient symbol of wisdom - is a key to creativity, François-Xavier. In contrast, it is a realistic owl, sculpture «wind rabbit», established two years later, is a Baroque figure of a fantastic animal - this rabbit with rybim tail, wings and the horse kicked ( 140-180 thousand euro ). A more detailed consideration it becomes clear that this sculpture could also serve as weathervanes.

In addition, the auction will be on display decorative pieces of sheep polimerbetona and bronze work of François-Xavier, the design of which is repeated in similar form, but several smaller figures, designed as benches. The first series of similar figures has been established them in 1977 and in 1991 they were exhibited in the French Chateau de CHENONCEAUX. Creativity Claude Lalann be largely represented at the tender interior of a series «ginkgo» ( 10-30 thousand euro ) - in particular, the bronze chairs, a back portion which are made in the form of leaves of the relic Chinese herb, also known as «Silver Apricot».

Source: Press Releases Christie's