A silver plated bronze Art Deco figurine of an archer cast after the original sculpture of Hercules the Archer by Antoine-Emile Bourdelle, French, 1861 to 1929. An athletic archer in a loincloth is depicted at the moment when he has just fired an arrow from a bow and his body is still tense after the shot. Marked on the rectangular base: E.A. Bourdelle. Circa the early 20th century. Note: Emille-Antoine Bourdelle was one of the leading sculptors of the Belle Epoque and had a major influence on monumental sculpture. The son of a cabinetmaker, he began to acquire practical skills in carving when he was still a child. After attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, in 1884 he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Alexandre Falguiere, Jules Dalou and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. His work was greatly influenced by Auguste Rodin, whom he had met in Paris, and with whom he worked as an assistant from 1893 to 1898. Later, however, he revealed himself as an independent artist. His works were inspired by Romanesque sculptors and those of archaic Greece. Among the most famous are Hercules the Archer, first exhibited in 1910; the reliefs on the façade of the Champs-Elysees theatre in 1911 and of the theatre in Marseilles in 1924; the equestrian monument to General Alvear in Buenos Aires; and the Dying Centaur (1914). Figures, Figurines, Statues, Collectible Decor For Interior Design.