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François-Xavier Lalanne, Les Nouveaux Moutons et Grand Singe Avisé.
François-Xavier Lalanne
François-Xavier Lalanne,
28 august 1927 in Agen,
7 december 2008 in Ury.
After studying painting at the Académie Julian, François-Xavier Lalanne turned to sculpture in the early 1950s.
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François-Xavier Lalanne, Rhinocéros, tôle de cuivre martelée, Âne de Natalie, Bronze, Oiseaux de Pauline
An unclassifiable
body of work
Combining surrealist humour and formal rigour, François-Xavier's bestiary is part of a 20th-century aesthetic tradition ranging from Pompon to Brancusi, who was notably his studio neighbour in Montparnasse.
Famous for his unclassifiable works such as the Rhinocrétaire, the Moutons de laine and the Gorille de sûreté, François-Xavier Lalanne is convinced that sculpture, and more broadly works of art, can have a function. His style is driven by his spirit of synthesis, combining simplicity with formal rigour.
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François-Xavier Lalanne, Brebis, Agneaux, Bélier
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François-Xavier Lalanne, Grand Singe Avisé, bronze
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François-Xavier Lalanne, Grand Wapiti, bronze sur Park Avenue, New-York