About Victor Demanet

Victor Demanet
(BELGIAN, 1895 – 1964)
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Male Nude Archer ‘Hercules’ by Victor Demanet 1925. Superior quality bronze with wonderful dark black patina. A dynamic male figure representing strength and power. The title of this work is’ Hercules’ signed by Victor Demanet, a Belgian artist. Demanet is known for these stylized strong male figures, represented in many other models. This may be the most famous. It was offered in two sizes and this is the biggest size. Perfect signature in the base.

Victor Demanet Fine Art Deco Famous Bronze Sculpture Male Nude Archer

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Born in Givet to Namur parents, Victor Demanet (1895-1964) grew up at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse, his parents running an antique business in the heart of the Walloon city. Called to succeed them, Demanet attended the Academy of Fine Arts (1916-1919) where he was a student of Désiré Hubin, but the revelation came to him from the works of Constantin Meunier and especially from the social and working thematic developed by the painter/sculptor from Brussels. During a stay in Paris, the works of Rude, Carpeaux and Rodin finally convince Demanet that his path is in sculpture. Noted at the Salon of French Artists in Paris in 1923, for his bust of Bonaparte in Arcole, Victor Demanet quickly established himself as a talented portrait painter who was entrusted with numerous public commissions. Like other artists of his time, he made several monuments to the victims of the two wars. He is also the author of several dozen medals (including one by General Piron), which does not prevent him from pursuing a more personal work with inspiration comparable to that of Constantin Meunier, with many representatives of the world of job. Settled in Brussels since 1926, he died in Ixelles in 1964. Without crossing paths with JB. Piron, the artist is a contemporary of the military. Without crossing the road of JB. Piron, the artist is a contemporary of the military. Without crossing the road of JB. Piron, the artist is a contemporary of the military.

Belgian sculptor Victor Demanet studied fine art at Namur before serving in the Army. Inspired by a visit to Paris in 1921, he resumed working in sculpture. Demanet produced mostly large-scale sculpture and medals, worked for public and private patrons, and exhibited internationally. He regularly participated in the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he was a member. Demanet entered three Olympic Games, those of 1924, 1932, and 1936.