Antoine-Louis Barye

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Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) was born and died in Paris; he first trained as a goldsmith and then studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts.

He spent years drawing living animals at the Jardin des Plantes, the Paris natural history museum's garden and zoo, and became celebrated for powerful bronzes such as Lion Crushing a Serpent.

From 1854 until his death he taught zoological drawing at the natural history museum, and the young Auguste Rodin was briefly one of his pupils.

Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor
Antoine-Louis Barye, 1849