Winter and summer - Georges Van der STRAETEN (1856 - 1941)

Belgian sculptor Georges Van der STRAETEN was born in Ghent on December 22, 1856 and died in the same city on July 25, 1941. a student of G.Kasteleyn and J.Lambeaux, he moved to Paris in 1883 where he became friends with J.Van Beer and R.Wouters. He exhibited there until 1912
Sculpture representing the winter during the summer and the summer during the winter
Belgian school of the end of the XIXth century
Signed
Foundry stamp "Société des Bronzes de Paris
Cast in lost wax with 3 patinas: gold, silver and black patina.
Total height: 64 cm
Height without base: 50 cm