Ettore Bugatti
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| - | '''Rembrandt Bugatti''' (16 October 1884 – 8 January 1916) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[sculpture|sculptor]], known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects. | ||
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| - | == Early life == | ||
| - | Born in [[Milan]], into a notably artistic family, Rembrandt Bugatti was the second son of [[Carlo Bugatti]] and his wife, Teresa Lorioli. His older brother was [[Ettore Bugatti]] who became one of the world's most famous automobile manufacturers. | ||
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| - | He was given his first name by his uncle, the painter [[Giovanni Segantini]]. His father was a successful and important [[Art Nouveau]] furniture and jewelry designer who also worked in textiles, ceramics, and silver metalware. As such, Rembrandt Bugatti grew up in an environment where a great many of his parent's friends were from the artistic world. In 1902, the family moved to [[Paris]], where they lived in a community of [[artisan]]s. | ||
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| - | As a child he hung around his father's workshop and was encouraged to try sculpting in [[plasticine]] by the family friend and renowned [[Russia]]n sculptor, Prince [[Paolo Troubetzkoy]] (1866–1938). | ||
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| - | == Work == | ||
| - | Rembrandt Bugatti was a young man when he began to work with the art foundry and gallery owner, Adrian Hébrard. He produced a number of [[bronze]]s which were successfully exhibited and promoted by Hébrard. Bugatti's love of nature led to him spending a great deal of time in the wildlife sanctuary near the [[Jardin des Plantes]] in Paris or at the [[Antwerp Zoo]] where he studied the features and movement of exotic animals. His sculptures of animals such as [[elephant]]s, [[Panthera|panthers]] and [[lion]]s became his most valuable and popular works. | ||
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| - | The silver elephant mascot that sits on top of the radiator of the [[Bugatti]] [[Bugatti Royale|Royale]] was cast from one of Rembrandt's original sculptures. | ||
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| - | His art works are now also highly priced. A cast of his 1909-1910 bronze, ''Babouin Sacré Hamadryas'' (Sacred [[Hamadryas Baboon]]), was auctioned at [[Sotheby's]] in 2006 for $2.56 million. In May, 2010, the ''Babouin'' reappeared at auction at Sotheby's (est. $2/3 million), along with a male and female ''Lion'' and ''Lionne de Nubie'' (est. $1.5/2 million and $1.2/1.8 million, respectively), a ''Grande girafe tête basse'' (est. $1/1.5 million) and seven other pieces from the S. Joel Schur Collection, perhaps the finest collection of masterpieces by Bugatti in private hands according to one report. One of the Bugatti pieces was reported sold apparently as part of a group of sculptures (with three [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]] and a [[Isamu Noguchi|Noguchi]]) for an aggregate of $20 million. | ||
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| - | == World War I,Suicide == | ||
| - | During [[World War I]] the [[Antwerp Zoo]] was forced to kill most of its wild livestock. This deeply affected Bugatti because he had used many of these animals as objects for his sculpture. In 1916, at the age of 31, he killed himself. He is interred in the Bugatti family plot at the municipal cemetery in [[Dorlisheim]] in the [[Bas-Rhin]] département of the [[Alsace]] region of [[France]]. | ||
| + | '''Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti''' (15 September 1881, [[Milan]] – 21 August 1947, [[Paris]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]]-born and [[France|French]] [[Naturalization|naturalized]] citizen [[automobile]] designer and manufacturer. | ||
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Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881, Milan – 21 August 1947, Paris) was an Italian-born and French naturalized citizen automobile designer and manufacturer.
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