Fontaine Jeunesse, A Bisque Porcelain Sculpture
Designed by Max Blondat, executed by Sèvres, circa 1909
Inscribed Max Blondat and stamped 1909 with the firm's marks
13 in (33 cm) high, 12 ¼ in (31.1 cm) wide, 13 3/8 in (34 cm) deep
cf. Jean Laran, La sculpture aux Salons, Art et Décoration, June 1907, p.197
Le Sculpteur Max Blondat (1872-1925) du Modern Style à l'Art Deco, Musée Departemental de l'Oise, Beauvais, 1979, pp.7-8, p.22
13 in (33 cm) high, 12 ¼ in (31.1 cm) wide, 13 3/8 in (34 cm) deep
cf. Jean Laran, La sculpture aux Salons, Art et Décoration, June 1907, p.197
Le Sculpteur Max Blondat (1872-1925) du Modern Style à l'Art Deco, Musée Departemental de l'Oise, Beauvais, 1979, pp.7-8, p.22
Max Blondat first studied at the Ecole Germain Pillon in 1889 and joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1892. A pupil of Mathurin Moreau and Charles Valton, he regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1890 onwards, and received an honourable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, which brought him into public view and subsequently began his considerable success. Blondat was known primarily as a decorative sculptor, of which this piece is a wonderful example. He was one of the founders of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs in 1906. Fontaine Jeunesse was first exhibited at the Salon in Paris in 1904. It was met with great acclaim and Blondat received a Medaille de première classe. He was made an officer of the Legion d'honneur in 1925.
