Editing Rembrandt Bugatti

{{short description|Italian sculptor}}
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'''Rembrandt Bugatti''' (16 October 1884 – 8 January 1916) was an Italian sculptor, known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects. During [[World War I]], he volunteered for paramedical work at a military hospital in [[Antwerp]], an experience that triggered in Bugatti the onset of [[Depression (clinical)|depression]], aggravated by financial problems, which eventually caused him to commit suicide on 8 January 1916 in Paris, France when he was 31 years old.

==Early life==
Born in [[Milan]] into an artistic family, Rembrandt Bugatti was the second son of [[Carlo Bugatti]] and his wife, Teresa Lorioli. His older brother [[Ettore Bugatti]] became a famous automobile manufacturer.

He was given his first name by his uncle, painter [[Giovanni Segantini]]. His father was an [[Art Nouveau]] furniture and jewelry designer who also worked in textiles, ceramics, and silver metalware. As such, Rembrandt Bugatti grew up in an environment where a great many of his parents' friends were from the artistic world. In 1902, the family moved to Paris, where they lived in a community of [[artisan]]s.

As a child, he hung around his father's workshop and was encouraged to try sculpting in [[plasticine]] by a family friend, Russian sculptor Prince [[Paolo Troubetzkoy]] (1866–1938).

==Work==
[[File:Rembrandt bugatti zoo antwerpen 1910.jpg|thumb|left|165px|Rembrandt Bugatti at the zoo in Antwerp (1910)]]
Rembrandt Bugatti was a young man when he began to work with the art foundry and gallery owner, Adrian Hébrard. He produced a number of [[Bronze sculpture|bronzes]], which were exhibited and promoted by Hébrard. Bugatti's love of nature led to him spending a great deal of time in the wildlife sanctuary near the [[Jardin des Plantes]] in Paris or at the [[Antwerp Zoo]], where he studied the features and movement of exotic animals. His sculptures of animals such as elephants, panthers, and lions became his most well-known works.

The elephant mascot that sits on top of the radiator of the [[Bugatti Royale]] was cast from one of Rembrandt's original sculptures.

His art works are now highly priced. A cast of his 1909–1910 bronze, ''Babouin Sacré Hamadryas'' (Sacred [[hamadryas baboon]]), was auctioned at [[Sotheby's]] in 2006 for $2.56&nbsp;million.<ref>''[[Antiques Roadshow#United States|Antiques Roadshow Insider]]'', V.7, No.2, February 2007, p. 1.</ref> In May 2010, the ''Babouin'' reappeared at auction at Sotheby's (est. $2/3&nbsp;million), along with a male and female ''Lion'' and ''Lionne de Nubie'' (est. $1.5/2&nbsp;million and $1.2/1.8&nbsp;million, respectively), a ''Grande girafe tête basse'' (est. $1/1.5&nbsp;million) and seven other pieces from the S. Joel Schur Collection, perhaps the finest collection of masterpieces by Bugatti in private hands according to one report.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sotheby's New York Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art May 5th |url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2010-04-14-22-23-03-sothebys-new-york-sale-of-impressionist-and-modern-art-may-5th.html |publisher=Art Knowledge News |access-date=14 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614213057/http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2010-04-14-22-23-03-sothebys-new-york-sale-of-impressionist-and-modern-art-may-5th.html |archive-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> One of the Bugatti pieces was reported sold apparently as part of a group of sculptures (with three [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]] and a [[Isamu Noguchi|Noguchi]]) for an aggregate of $20&nbsp;million.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/arts/design/06auction.html "A Sober Follow-Up to a Record Auction Night"] by Carol Vogel, ''The New York Times'', 5 May 2010 (6 May 2010 on p. A24 of National ed.). Retrieved 10 May 2010.</ref>{{clear}}

==Later life and death==
His work was part of the [[Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics#Sculpture|sculpture event]] in the [[Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics|art competition]] at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920832 |title=Rembrandt Bugatti |work=Olympedia |accessdate=22 July 2020}}</ref> During World War I, he volunteered for paramedical work at a military hospital in Antwerp, an experience that triggered in Bugatti the onset of depression, aggravated by financial problems arising because now he was no longer able to give so much time to his artistic work. At the same time, [[Antwerp Zoo]] was forced, by feedstuff shortages, to start killing its animals, which deeply affected Bugatti because he had used many of them as subjects for his sculpture. In 1916, at the age of 31, he committed suicide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bugatti.com/en/tradition/history/the-bugatti-family/rembrandt-bugatti.html|title=Rembrandt Bugatti|accessdate=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419050047/http://www.bugatti.com/en/tradition/history/the-bugatti-family/rembrandt-bugatti.html |archive-date=2010-04-19}}</ref><ref>Philipp Demandt & Anke Daemgen: Ausstellungskatalog (''exhibition catalogue'') "Rembrandt Bugatti", [[München]] 2014, p. 38 ff (in German)</ref> He is interred in the Bugatti family plot at the municipal cemetery in [[Dorlisheim]] in the [[Bas-Rhin]] département of the [[Alsace]] region of France.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
Goodwood2007-055a Bugatti Hood Ornament Type 41 Royale.jpg|Type 41 (Royale) radiator cap
Rembrandt Bugatti, Projet de monument - Allégorie de la Victoire.jpg|''Project for a Monument − Allegory of Victory'', drawing (circa 1910), [[Musée d'art moderne et contemporain of Strasbourg]]
Bugatti Molsheim 021.jpg|"Young female nude", 1907 ([[Musée de la Chartreuse, Molsheim]])
Hamadryas Baboon by Rembrandt Bugatti, c. 1910.JPG|"[[Hamadryas baboon]]", circa 1910 ([[Legion of Honor (museum)|California Palace of the Legion of Honor]])
Deux lamas - Rembrandt Bugatti (RF 3060) 01.jpg|"Two [[llama]]s", 1911 ([[Musée d'Orsay]])
Dorlisheim tombe famille bugatti3.jpg|Grave of Rembrandt Bugatti in [[Dorlisheim]]
</gallery>

<!-- ==See also==
* Synopsis "Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur" – Expositions-Musée Virtuel-Lectures-Conférence "Cleveland 1999" -->

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Edward Horswell, ''Rembrandt Bugatti, Felines and Figures'', published by [[The Sladmore Gallery]] 1993 ({{ISBN|0-95140-612-4}})
* Edward Horswell, ''Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture'', published by [[The Sladmore Gallery]] 2004 ({{ISBN|1-90140-375-0}})
* Edward Horswell, ''Rembrandt Bugatti, une vie pour la sculpture'', éd. de l'Amateur 2006, published by [[The Sladmore Gallery]] ({{ISBN|2-85917-451-6}})
* Veronique Fromanger, ''Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur-Répertoire monographique'', published by éd. de l'Amateur 2010 ({{ISBN|978-2-85917-499-6}})
* Veronique Fromanger, ''Rembrandt Bugatti Sculptor, a meteoric rise-Répertoire monographique'', published by éd. de l'Amateur 2016 ({{ISBN|978-2-85917-560-3}})
* Edgardo Franzosini, ''The Animal Gazer'', published by The Head of Zeus 2019 ({{ISBN|978-1-78854-939-4}})

== External links ==
* ArtBronze, [http://www.artbronze.com/rembrandtbugatti.aspx Rembrandt Bugatti]
* [http://www.wildlifeart.org/Artists/index.php?showLast=b Biography on the National Museum of Wildlife Art]
* http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/
* http://www.rembrandtbugatti.info/
* [http://www.thegreatcat.org/the-cat-in-art-and-photos-2/cats-in-art-20th-century/rembrandt-bugatti-1884-1916-italian/] Bugatti's Cat Sculptures
* {{FrenchSculptureCensus}}

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