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Born in Sarlat in 1962, Daniel Daviau grew up in the heart of Périgord. He spent his childhood in the countryside where he cultivated the love for nature and animals.

Having studied sculpture and worked with wood, he decided that bronze would be his chosen material through which he would convey his artistic message. He portrays a variety of animals such as rhinoceros, lemur, kangaroos and even more familiar animals.

The purity of his lines, the elegant economy of his design made him one of the most contemporary sculptors of the Animalier Art. He is a follower of the French school illustrated by François Pompon and Charles Artus.

He became the vice-president of the Salon National des Artistes Animaliers] in 2001 and his work was also rewarded with the Edouard-Marcel Sandoz prize, the highest distinction in his sector, in 2000. In 2013 he was presented with a gold medal at the Louvre by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. His works have been acquired by art collectors around the world; New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Washington, Paris, London, Geneva, Milan, Brussels, Moscow, Miami and Palm Beach. The sculptures of Daniel Daviau are presented in museums as well as in art fairs since 1992, notably the PAD in Paris, Armory Show in New York, Masterpiece in London and the Fine Art Fairs in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

His animals were presented at the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris, to BBK of Bilbao and passed through the Musée des Années 30 of Boulogne in the exhibition “Cent Sculptures Animalières du 20ème Siècle” in 2012.

He has worked with Galerie Dumonteil on monumental projects for public spaces or large private collection and property developments. Galerie Dumonteil has internationally represented Daniel Daviau exclusively for more than twenty years.



Selected Prizes
2001 Edourd-Marcel Sandoz

2013 Gold Medal, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts

1993 : Sculpture first prize, Saint-Vrain.

1998 : Léon RIGNAULT award, Salon des Artistes Français.

2000 : Edouard SANDOZ award, Salon National des Artistes Animaliers.

2000 : BAUMEL-SCHWENCK award, Société Nationale des Beaux Arts.

2013 : Jean ANOUILH award, Société Nationale des Beaux Arts.

Medals
1998 : Silver medal, French Artists Society.

1998 : Silver medal, Société Nationale des Beaux Arts.

1999 : Silver medal, Salon National des Artistes Animaliers.

1999 : Silver medal, Académie des Arts, Sciences et Lettres.

2002 : Vincennes city medal.

2005 : Sannois city medal.

2013 : Gold medal, Société National des Beaux Art

Exhibitions
1996 : «Bestaire », Museum of Jouy-en-Josas (France)

1998 : « Les Animaux » Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Orléans (France)

1998 - present : Carré Rive Gauche, Galerie DUMONTEIL Paris (France)

1999 : « French Animalists » Bergdorf Goodman, New York (USA)

1999 : « Les sculpteurs et l’animal dans l’art du XXe siècle », Monnaie de Paris, Paris, 25th March - 24th May 1999 (France)

2003 : « Les Matériaux de la Sculpture », Aix (Glass), Arles (Other Materials), Aubagne (Clay), Marseille (Bronze), Salon (Iron), Saint Rémy (Wood), Vitrolles (Stone), 17th October 2003 - 15th January 2004 (France)

2005 : « Réservé aux enfants : Les Animaux », Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres (France)

2005 : « El Arca del Siglo », BBK, Bilbao Biskaia Kutxa Fondation, Bilbao, 13th October - 20th November 2005 (Spain)

2006 : « Rétrospective », Galerie DUMONTEIL Paris (France)

2011 : Xiantiandi, Shanghai (China)

2012: «100 sculptures animalières, Bugatti, Pompon, Giacometti… », Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 10th April - 28th October 2012 (France)

2013: « S2 In the Round», Sotheby’s New York, 4th – 21st April (USA)