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Sculpture "for the goal" - " To the goal ."
Author : A. Boucher
Material: Bronze
Technique: Stamping Patination
Region: France
Period : Start 20c - (30 years ) .
Dimensions (cm) : 49h69
Preservation: Good
A French sculptor, Alfred Boucher (September 23 , 1850 - 1934 ), mentor to Camille Claudel and friend of Auguste Rodin.
The famous French sculptor Alfred Boucher (23 September 1850 - 1934), mentor and friend Camille Claudel by Auguste Rodin .
Once, a long time ago now , back in the twentieth century, young on the streets of Paris lived preinteresneyshaya company . Money , none of the residents of this street is almost never done , otherwise fate would have not brought them here . They lived quite uneasy in small rooms that were also workshops. From the outside world is a place separated tall trees , thick bushes and iron , usually located on the castle guard . During the day there was quiet , creative minds boiled bright ideas and incredible ideas. In the evening, all gathered at Maria Vasilyeva , in her small apartment , which accommodates a dining area . Mariya , Russian artist and desperate woman , pitied the poor hungry and talented at the same time wonderfully happy sculptors and artists living in the neighborhood, but because the evening opened the door of his home-made dining room for everyone , where for 65 centimes visitors offered broth meat, vegetables, coffee and tea. The air was the aroma of chicken broth , the walls were decorated with paintings by Picasso , it was noisy , someone played the piano , sang with someone , someone eating and frowning intently , some danced . After supper , the workshops differed Marc Chagall , Soutine , Modigliani , Paul Fort and the other residents of this unusual street ...

Place it where ever you can easily cross the famous creative people now called " The Hive ." At the end of the World Expo 1900 Alfred Boucher , a French sculptor, bought 5,000 square meters wine pavilions, created especially for the exhibition team of Gustave Eiffel , and is based on their place "Beehive" , creative residential complex. Had its creative workshops, where cash-strapped artists and sculptures , can fully devote himself to art . The building really looks like a beehive : a cylindrical shape with a central staircase and workshops arranged around it .
Typically, to get inside , you need a key to this part of the street . But if you're lucky and you will meet people who live there , you can ask to open the door for you to walk around and see all around. The atmosphere of this place is really special. The cabins are small, slightly crooked , the same shops where still working some painters and sculptors . If you look closely, in the green , which is surrounded in this amazing place , you can find some of the sculptures or even completely finished work. And around the silence , it seems that you are not in Paris , and somewhere far away, and yet there is a feeling that you get in childhood, in the past ...