Émile Bruchon was a quintessential Belle Époque French decorative artist known for his lamps, clocks, and bronze statuettes. 

Throughout his works he often chose to depict historical or mythological figures, such as the title character of Falubert’s 1862 novel Salammbô. Bruchon’s work is characterized by finely detailed decorative motifs embedded in otherwise utilitarian objects. 

Little is known of his life, other than that he exhibited in Paris Salons during the 1880s, and that he was born in 1806 and died in 1895.

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