Enrique Barros, silver plated bronze panther. Circa 1930
Enrique Barros (1905-1990)
Bronze panther on a portoro marble base.
Stamped "E BARROS, BILBAO" on the leg.
Excellent condition. Circa 1930.
29cm 10cm 9cm
Enrique Barros Fernández (1905–1990) was a prominent Spanish sculptor and a key figure in 20th-century Basque art. Trained in Paris under the master Antoine Bourdelle, he developed a style that blended classicism with a powerful, modern sobriety. His work, centered largely in Bilbao, is renowned for its dignified portrayals of labor, religious subjects, and popular folk themes. He is most famous for his Muse at the Arriaga Monument and for representing Basque art at the 1937 Paris International Exposition.
Bronze panther on a portoro marble base.
Stamped "E BARROS, BILBAO" on the leg.
Excellent condition. Circa 1930.
29cm 10cm 9cm
Enrique Barros Fernández (1905–1990) was a prominent Spanish sculptor and a key figure in 20th-century Basque art. Trained in Paris under the master Antoine Bourdelle, he developed a style that blended classicism with a powerful, modern sobriety. His work, centered largely in Bilbao, is renowned for its dignified portrayals of labor, religious subjects, and popular folk themes. He is most famous for his Muse at the Arriaga Monument and for representing Basque art at the 1937 Paris International Exposition.
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