Raoul LAMOURDEDIEU (1877-1953). Female nude reclining and leaning. Direct-cut wood sculpture signed on the terrace (cracks). Height : 49 cm - Length : 75 cm - Depth : 25 cm Note: A student at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he attended the studios of Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900) and Alexandre Charpentier (1856-1909). He later became an advocate of direct carving, theorized in a treatise published in 1941, and produced works in the style of Antoine Bourdelle and Aristide Maillol. Raoul Lamourdedieu remains an artist of international renown who can be found throughout Europe and mainly in France, thanks to numerous public commissions.