Voted Fondettois' favorite sculpture at the end of 2022, Le Miel n°2 was inaugurated on June 27, 2025 in the presence of Mayor Cédric DE OLIVEIRA and artist Michel BASSOMPIERRE.  
 
The inauguration followed the Douceur Animale exhibition, held three years earlier in Fondettes. From September 6 to October 6, 2022, six monumental bears were on display, as part of Michel BASSOMPIERRE's first exhibition in Indre-et-Loire.

Born in Paris in 1948 into a family combining artistic sensitivity and scientific rigor, Michel BASSOMPIERRE developed an early fascination for drawing and the animal world. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, he developed an immediately recognizable style, combining technical mastery and pure emotion.

His works, in bronze or marble, feature rounded animals - bears, gorillas, Asian elephants, pandas or horses - which he renders with remarkable gentleness and precision. Thanks to his rigorous knowledge of anatomy, he manages to capture the spirit of his subjects without the need for anecdotes. In his work, his “animal brother” becomes a sovereign presence: peaceful, magnetic, majestic.

Represented by numerous galleries (New York, London, Valencia, Miami, Venice, Paris...), Michel BASSOMPIERRE has countless collectors worldwide. His monumental sculptures, grouped together under the title “Fragile Colossi”, true emblems of endangered species, have been exhibited in prestigious venues in France, Monaco, Belgium, La Mamounia in Morocco and New York.