In the arena - Magdalena Reinharez (1925-2012)

MAGDALENA REINHAREZ (1925 – 2012)

Bronze sculpture
Signed: M. Reinharez
Bronze-caster’s mark : Chapon
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Height : 100 cm
Length : 140 cm
Depth : 40 cm


Born in Central Europe, Magdalena Reinharez arrives in France at a young age. She takes her painting class with masters such as Fernand Léger and André Lothe. This experience allows her to sharpen her eye with compositions volumes and forms. She then developped these skills with painting, drawing and sculpture.

Magdalena Reinharez was an artist fascinated by movement. While staying in Granada she discovered tauromachia, a theme she used in her own way. She managed to express the animal’s inner energy as well as the elegance of the torero in a dramatic ballet. It’s all about the interpretation of her feelings. More than the animal itself, she uses its image which strikes out and suggests. Its modelling is very personnal. She dedicated her last years mostly to the sculpture. She died in 2012, aged 87 years. Since 1955 she presented her work in many art galleries.


Exhibitions

2007
Salon "Figuration critique", Lyon
Salon national des artistes animaliers, Bry sur Marne
Galerie le 15 Miromesnil, Noë Willer, Paris VIIIe

2006
Salon d'Art, Mairie du XVe, Paris
Salon national des artistes animaliers, Bry sur Marne
Théâtre équestre Zingaro
Salon "Sculpture bronzes", La Chapelle en Serval

2005
Salon "Figuration critique", St. Malo
Salon national des artistes animaliers, Bry sur Marne
Salon Espace St. Martin "Figuration critique"
Salon "Bronze 2005", La Chapelle en Serval

2004
Salon "Itinéraire", Paris IXe
Salon national des artistes animaliers, Bry sur Marne
Salon "Delta", Paris XVIIIe
Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris VIe

2002-2003
Salon national des artistes animaliers, Bry sur Marne
Festival International d'Art animalier, Sully s/ Loire

Galerie animalière "Laurent Boyrier", Paris XVIe
Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris VIe
Salon des antiquaires et de l'art contemporain, jardin des Tuileries


Private collections
France, Spain, USA


Prize
- 1st prize Festival International Animalier du Loiret, 2002
- Sale : Conseil Régional du Loiret, 2002
- Selected : monument à Levallois-Perret,1992
- Selected : Grand Prix de France, Paris 1987
- Selected : monument de la ville de Pennes d'Agenais, 1988
- Selected : Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris (juré Etienne Martin), 1986
- Sculpture 1st prize, Ville de Paris, 1980
- Dôme 1st prize, Paris 1955


Bibliography
- Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers et fondeurs de l'antiquité à nos jours, Jean-Charles Hachet, Ed. Argus Valentines
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Pastels et lithographies de la Collection Novotel