Description

Auguste Moreau was a French sculptor best known for his bronze-cast figurines. His allegorical Art Nouveau works often depicted women, children, cherubs, and historical figures adorned with floral motifs and ornaments, and were influential to other artists working at the time. Born in Dijon, France in 1855 to a celebrated family of sculptors, including his father, Moreau went on to regularly exhibit his work at the Paris Salon from 1861 on. Many of his works are preserved in the Troyes Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée des Beaux-Arts. The artist died in 1917 in France.

Art Nouveau bronze sculpture depicting Cybele: ancient Anatolian deity, goddess of nature, animals, and wild places. An ambivalent deity, she symbolized the creative and destructive force of Nature.