Giuseppe Gambogi
The Game , circa 1900
Alabaster sculpture
Signed on the base
Height: 29 cm
Width: 28 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Price : sold
The sculptor depicts a young woman playing with a puma! The beast curls his lips, the beauty looks at her feline and puts her hand on the back of his neck.
In her left hand, she rolls a ball, as if at any moment she’s going to throw it to him: the sculptor’s fantasy world takes on a sense of humor. Installed on its rock, its delicate body contrasts with the tense musculature of the animal.
Biography
Giuseppe Gambogi is an Italian sculptor. He works in Paris and exhibits at the parisian Salons. He likes to represent classical, romantic and orientalist subjects.
He is inspired by mythology and the imagination of women, from nymphs to goddesses. In his works, we realize the fascination of the Belle Époque for the idealized human form, associated with melancholic and sometimes exotic subjects. The sculptor has a taste for fine materials: he sculpts marble and alabaster, sometimes adding onyx to enhance his work.
