Michel BASSOMPIERRE is one of the most important artists in the field of contemporary animal sculpture. He breathed into this discipline a singular and new style recognizable at first sight. Seductive and endearing, his work has traveled the world, releasing his bestiary of marble and bronze to the four corners of the globe. 

Trained in the studio of René LELEU at the School of Fine Arts in Rouen, Michel BASSOMPIERRE learned to look. These are kilos of sketches that he makes and through which he builds his understanding of the body of the animal, this skilfully articulated machine whose line and movement he captures. It is precisely this life that he manages to bring out, making his work so sensitive. In line with François POMPON, Michel BASSOMPIERRE gets rid of the anecdote to get to the point.

Favoring animals with round shapes, Asian elephants, gorillas, bears or even horses, he achieves a shape that is both soft and precise where light never strikes the shadow. This plastic relationship also translates his link to the wild world for which he nourishes a great fascination far from any anthropomorphism. These peaceful animals that we seem to surprise in the intimacy of their lives, are embodied by bronze or Carrara marble according to the traditional codes of sculpture.