Paul François Choppin (1856-1937) A volunteer of 92 Bronze with brown patina Signed " P CHOPPIN " on the terrace H. 59 cm Accident to the right wrist Related work: - Paul Choppin, Un volontaire de 92, ca. 1899, bronze, H 59.5 x W 31.5 x D 33.5 cm, Reims, Musée des beaux-arts, inv. 941.3.215 ; - Paul Choppin, Un volontaire de 1792, 1899, bronze, signed " Choppin ", founder " E. GRUET Jne Fondeur ", monument, municipality of Remiremont. Deaf and mute, Paul-François Choppin studied with François Jouffroy and Alexandre Falguière at the National School of Fine Arts after having studied at the National School of Decorative Arts. He successively exhibited three versions of this bronze, the first at the 1888 Salon entitled Un vainqueur de la Bastille, then Un volontaire de 92 at the 1889 Universal Exhibition and finally Un enrôlé de 1792 in 1898.