Rating and value of sculptures and bronzes by Albéric Collin

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Rating and value of the artist Albéric Collin

Specializing in animal sculpture, Albéric Collin is a renowned Belgian sculptor of the first half of the 20th century. He is famous for his sculptures, especially his animal bronzes, which sell for high prices. His works sell on the market for between €100 and €56,210. In 2021, one of his bronzes, Babouin, sold for €56,210 while it was estimated at between €35,130 and €58,350.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Artist's style and technique

Auguste Trémont mainly produces animal sculptures in bronze, but also preparatory drawings for their realization. His most successful works are his animal bronzes, such as Barye. He is interested in fairly massive animals, such as felines or deer.

The life of Albéric Collin  

Born in Antwerp in 1886 into a Flemish-Liege family, Albéric Collin studied sculpture techniques at the Beaux-Arts d'Anvers. In the first part of his career, he produces caricatures of living figures, but prefers to concentrate on animal sculpture. He became friends with Rembrandt Bugatti, who was to have a lasting influence on his work  Bugatti watched him sculpt and advised him at the same time. He drew his inspiration and models from the zoological gardens of Antwerp, where he sometimes crossed paths with Paul Jouve, also an animal painter and sculptor. He took a short break from caricature during the First World War, but soon returned to it. Throughout his career, he perfected the technique of casting and patination, which he considered to be the most important stages in sculpture. His preferred material was bronze, although he sometimes used plaster. He exhibited throughout Europe, notably at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he won a medal in 1927. His career was marked by the 1930 Antwerp World's Fair, for which he created twelve monumental bronze elephants. Retrospectives were held in Brussels and Antwerp, where he died in 1962.

Albéric Collin's imprint on his period

Albéric Collin is the best-known Belgian animal sculptor to date. Rising to the heights of Antoine-Louis Barye, he succeeded in making his work known beyond Belgium. His monumental elephant for the Congo pavilion at the 1935 Brussels World's Fair was a landmark, but so were his ancillary works. Some of these are now exhibited and preserved at the Antwerp Zoological Park, his main source of inspiration. Museums in the Netherlands and Belgium preserve some of his work, but private collectors play the greatest role in its preservation.

Recognizing Albéric Collin's signature

It's not always easy to decipher or even have the good fortune to come across a work signed by Collin. He did, however, sign his work with his name in cursive letters, and often dated his sculptures.

Getting to know the value of a work

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