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Auction: 04/10/2013
Lot: 38
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Rodolphe Bresdin AUCTION RECORDS
1825 Montrelais, France - 1885 Sevres, France. Known for: Pen and ink drawing, etching and lithographs.
Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885) was a French draughtsman and engraver born in Monrelais, Le Fresne-sur-Loire on August 12, 1822, to a tanner and silver-polisher, Denis Bresdin and Genevieve-Francoise... Read full biography
Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885) was a French draughtsman and engraver born in Monrelais, Le Fresne-sur-Loire on August 12, 1822, to a tanner and silver-polisher, Denis Bresdin and Genevieve-Francoise Buisson, an aristocrat. He was known as a leading proponent of engraving in France during the... Read full biography
Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885) was a French draughtsman and engraver born in Monrelais, Le Fresne-sur-Loire on August 12, 1822, to a tanner and silver-polisher, Denis Bresdin and Genevieve-Francoise Buisson, an aristocrat. He was known as a leading proponent of engraving in France during the nineteenth century. Bresdin's early life was tumultuous. His high-low birth was said to have been reflected in his odd personality. In 1848, at the age of 23, his family abandoned him in Paris after a family... Read full biography
Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885) was a French draughtsman and engraver born in Monrelais, Le Fresne-sur-Loire on August 12, 1822, to a tanner and silver-polisher, Denis Bresdin and Genevieve-Francoise Buisson, an aristocrat. He was known as a leading proponent of engraving in France during the nineteenth century. Bresdin's early life was tumultuous. His high-low birth was said to have been reflected in his odd personality. In 1848, at the age of 23, his family abandoned him in Paris after a family fight; and he walked back from Paris to Toulouse (about 365 miles) alone with a rabbit as a friend. The rabbit would appear in many of Bresdin's etchings. Once in Toulouse, Bresdin lived in a make-shift hut where he practiced his art with rudimentary... Read full biography
Rodolphe Bresdin (1825-1885) was a French draughtsman and engraver born in Monrelais, Le Fresne-sur-Loire on August 12, 1822, to a tanner and silver-polisher, Denis Bresdin and Genevieve-Francoise Buisson, an aristocrat. He was known as a leading proponent of engraving in France during the nineteenth century. Bresdin's early life was tumultuous. His high-low birth was said to have been reflected in his odd personality. In 1848, at the age of 23, his family abandoned him in Paris after a family fight; and he walked back from Paris to Toulouse (about 365 miles) alone with a rabbit as a friend. The rabbit would appear in many of Bresdin's etchings. Once in Toulouse, Bresdin lived in a make-shift hut where he practiced his art with rudimentary tools. It was said that he used shoe-polish sealed with shellac to create his prints. He owned a sing... Read full biography
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