Engraving "Lionne du Sénégal" ( Senegal lioness) A. Lançon, 1874

Engraving by Auguste-André Lançon* (1836 – 1887), 1874, depicting a seated lioness with her head slightly tilted.
This etching was published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Sober framing, under glass with passe-partout.
Condition: perfect.
Dimensions: 40 x 33 cm
*Auguste-André Lançon (1836 – 1887): Lithographer in Lons-le-Saunier, he easily passed the entrance exam to the Lyon School of Fine Arts in 1853, where he studied under Bonnefond (1853-1857), then, in 1858, the Paris School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Picot (1858-1860).
Rejected by academic teaching, he turned away from schools, preferring the Louvre. He admired Millet, Delacroix, Corot, Courbet and, in another field, the sculptures of Antoine-Louis Barye. The latter was to influence his career as an animal artist. He is a painter, engraver and sculptor in one.
Lançon exhibited his work in Paris at the Salon from 1861 to 1870, under the name André, then auguste (his Christian name) from 1872.
He then became a military painter, taking part in the Balkan War in 1877.
9 works at the Musée d’Orsay
Numerous paintings in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole and the Musée de Vendôme, and engravings in the Musée Municipal de Nuits-Saint-Georges and the Musée du Domaine de Sceaux. His artist’s studio, perfectly preserved, still exists in the house where he was born in Saint-Claude.