Daniel Daviau

Born in Sarlat in 1962, Daniel DAVIAU lives and works in Paris. He grew up in the heart of Périgord where he spent his childhood surrounded by nature and cultivated his love for animals.

Having studied sculpture and worked with wood, he decided that bronze would be the chosen material through which he would convey his artistic message, first representing endangered species. By portraying all the animals from the humblest to the proudest, he transfixes them in time and gives them eternal life.

It is through the pleasure of working with bronze, its material, curves and patina, that he is able to express with humour the majesty and capture the caricature attitude of his bestiary. The purity of his lines, the subtle elegance of his design made him one of the most talented representatives of the old and illustrious family of the Animalists. He is the successor of sculptors such as François POMPON.
His great success lies in the modern, sensitive and full of emotions interpretation that he has of his animals and that is strongly translated in all of his works.

He became the vice-president of the salon national des artistes animaliers in 2001 and his work has been rewarded several times notably with the Edouard-Marcel Sandoz prize in 2000, the highest distinction for a sculptor and more recently with the gold medal of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 2013 presented to him at the Louvre.
His works are parts of prestigious art collections across the world between New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Washington, Paris, London, Geneva, Milano, Brussels, Moscow, Miami and Palm Beach.

Due to his huge worldwide success, he has worked since 2011 on monumental projects dedicated to cultural foundations and sites, as well as for the private collectors across China.
His last Personal Exhibition in June 2015 in New York offered him the recognization of the American public.

Submitted by Galerie Dumonteil