France. FED?RATION NATIONALE DU BATIMENT ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS. By Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947). Studio cast bronze 190mm x 175mm. Mounted in a wooden frame with its original descriptive label on the back. $600. ——- Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947) was born at Dijon. He studied under Ponscarme, Thomas and Levillain at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was director of the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon. He won gold medals at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1900 and in 1920. Yencesse was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1900. Many of his medallic works have a distinctive, subtle effect using a soft, shallow relief.