Carrier-Belleuse is the name used by this sculptor--born Carrier de
Belleuse--on his mature pieces, after initially signing works "A. Carrier." His
career began firmly in the applied arts, with his apprenticeship at thirteen to
a Parisian ciseleur today known as Bauchery (or Beauchery), and he did
subsequent work for Jacques-Henri Fauconnier and Fannière Frères. His formal
education took place at the Petite Ecole--chosen after an unhappy stint at the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1840 under the direction of David d'Angers, his official
master. While at the Petite Ecole in the 1840s, Carrier-Belleuse began his
lifelong practice of providing commercial houses with models for edition, as
statuettes or as ornament for functional pieces. Around 1850, the sculptor moved
to England as a designer for Minton China Works, at Stoke-upon-Trent, as well as
for Wedgewood, Coalbrookdale Ironworks, and Graham & Jackson furniture
makers. Even after returning to Paris in 1855, he continued to send models to
British firms throughout his life.
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