About us

GALLERY STATMENT

Michel Poletti holds a Master’s of Letters and Arts from the University of Paris - New Sorbonne, and has had his short stories published in various revues and journals. Alain Richarme renounced, at the age of 23, a Doctorate in nuclear physics at the CEA of Saclay, in order to devote himself to art and its commerce. Eclectic collectors, they are both indefatigable travellers. Their meeting will come to a head in 1983, with the creation of the Gallery Univers du Bronze, specializing in bronze sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries. They are the co-authors of several exhibition catalogues on Barye, Bugatti, Fratin, and Righetti, four “catalogues raisonnés”, Barye (Gallimard, 2000), Busato (UdB, 2001), Carpeaux (L’Amateur, 2002), and Pierre-Jules Mêne (UdB, 2007), which have become works of reference in the field, as well as a monography, Righetti (UdB, 2007), which identifies the essential of the artist’s works.

They are in the process of editing a monography on Fratin, and are preparing a general survey on the editions of bronzes : Sculpture animalière 1830-1930, un Siècle d’or.

Michel Poletti is the author of two biographies : Monsieur Barye (Acatos, 2000) and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, l’homme qui faisait danser les pierres (Gourcuff-Gradenigo, 2012). Alain Richarme is an expert at the Paris Court of Appeal, expert member of CNE (Compagnie Nationale des Experts), SNA and CEAOC.