(1927 - 2008)
Francois-Xavier Lalanne was active/lived in France. FrancoisXavier Lalanne is known for Anthropomorphic, surreal animal sculpture.
Biography Francois-Xavier Lalanne
A sculptor of anthropomorphic animals stylistically combining
Surrealism and Realism such as monkies sitting in jeans and leather
Lalanne worked with his sculptor wife, Claude Dupeux Lalanne, from a studio on an old dairy farm outside of Paris. On their
property where they have lived for more than 40 years, they have a
large assortment of their "beasts", most of them cast in bronze, such
as owls, sheep, and apes. "Some pieces, like a head of cabbage on
rooster legs, are laugh-out-loud funny." (Lovine, 50)
The couple have been described as "prized darlings of an exclusive set for
decades but until recently below the radar of a wider public." Among
their collectors are "the c
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