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Rudier Foundry

Antoine Bourdelle, Portrait of Eugène Rudier, Paris, musée Rodin.
Alexis Rudier Fondeur À Paris. Written on the bust of Bellona by Auguste Rodin, 1879. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Rudier Foundry (Fonderie Rudier) was a foundry run by Alexis Rudier (died 1897) and his son Eugène Rudier (1875–1952). It worked with some of the most notable sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, Gustave Miklos, Aristide Maillol and Daumier. Their casts were signed "Alexis RUDIER Fondeur PARIS".

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