KNOW YOUR ARTISTS: MAURICE GUIRAUD-RIVIÈRE
Born in Toulouse in 1881, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière was an eminent French sculptor and designer of the Art Deco period whose work survives primarily in bronze. The Nephew of the sculptor Théodore Rivière, he was a pupil of the National School of Fine Arts where he studied under the direction of Antonin Mercié, who was his uncles own master. He was trained in modern design techniques and methods by Antonin which propelled him into his career as a leading artist of the Art Deco movement.