Large bronze vase with Japanese decoration by Frédéric Brou.
Frédéric Brou was born in Mauritius in 1862 to French sailor parents. Despite the opposition of his parents, he began a career as a sculptor. He sent to the Salon, a plaster Eve, reproduced in marble in 1899. The same year, a bust of Jules Ferry was commissioned by the State. He then became a member of the Société des Artistes Français where he regularly exhibited statues, bronzes and sculpted ivories. Trained outside of any school, Frédéric Brou produced works that were powerfully personal, such as his Project for a monument to Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
