Max Blondat was a French sculptor of Art Nouveau* and Art Deco* styles. One of his most famous sculptures is the Fountain of Youth, representing three children watching three frogs. Copies are at the Place Darcy in Fontainebleau; Düsseldorf, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ukraine, Odessa; Zurich, Switzerland, and the United States in Denver.
He was the son of a cooper and was apprenticed to an ornamental sculptor in 1886. He arrived in Paris and began studies in 1889 and in 1890 he exhibited at the French Salon* for the first time with a plaster medallion.
In 1892 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in wood, stone, earth, glass, bronze, and excelled in the decorative arts* ... Displaying 750 of 1730 characters.
