Guy Le Perse
Ecce homo – Guy Le Perse
Guy Le Perse
Ecce homo
Date : c. XXI
Dimensions : H : 35,5 cm ; W : 21,5 cm ; D : 26,3 cm
place of production: Lille
Material : Bronze patina
Conditions & disponibilité: Original work produced in 8 numbered copies plus 4 artist's proofs. A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist is provided to the buyer - still available. Sold with base of your choice.
6 500 €
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Description
of work
Bronze statue, portrait of a man entitled "Ecce homo"
"Here is Man... the inner Man, bent over the conflicts of his existence... and the universal Man, bent over the conflicts of the world he contemplates as a powerless witness and as a human wounded in his own humanity." Guy Le Perse
Guy Le Perse
Roubaix (France) 1953
Sculptor Guy Le Perse trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles in Roubaix and the École des Beaux-Arts in Douai. Guy Le Perse’s masters were the sculptor Armand DEBEVE, whose model he used for some of his works, and the painter and engraver Auguste-Jean GAUDIN. From his masters, he drew a very high personal standard in the mastery of gesture and in the realization of his works.
A complete and expert artist, mastering both burin engraving and painting, Guy Le Perse worked for many years for a number of prestigious clients. While practicing sculpture as a personal and secret philosophy, Guy Le Perse taught at schools of applied art and fine art schools in northern France.
Shortly before the year 2000, Guy Le Perse decided to devote himself primarily to sculpture. Guy Le Perse has produced a powerful and profound figurative body of work in the great tradition of French statuary, one of the richest and most beautiful in the world.
Through his work, Guy Le Perse perpetuates the excellence of French sculpture, which illustrious artists such as Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Auguste Rodin have brought to the pinnacle, its rightful place.
Drawing on the foundations and mysteries of the human soul that the great myths and founding texts explain to us, Guy Le Perse has created a timeless work of great beauty, combining strength and delicacy.
Fiercely independent throughout his professional life, he is also independent with the times. Guy Le Perse’s sculptures do not follow fashions or trends ; they are timeless. With no concessions to the times, Guy Le Perse’s works speak of the human tragedy to the man of yesterday and to the man who will contemplate them a thousand years from now.
A demanding perfectionist, Guy Le Perse carries out the entire manufacturing process for his bronzes himself, apart from casting the bronze. Guy Le Perse’s mastery of model modelling, chasing and patination is equally exacting, and he accompanies his works right down to the smallest detail.