By Artist

 

France. RECONNAISSANCE. By Pierre-Victor Dautel (1873-1954). Bronze 59mm. $90.

Pierre-Victor Dautel, French sculptor and medallist was born at Valenciennes in 1873. He studied sculpture and architecture at the ?cole Acad?miques at Valenciennes and later studied sculpture at the ?cole Nationale et Sp?ciale des Beaux Arts at Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Dubois. He won various awards during his distinguished career and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1929. Dautel died in 1954.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1663-15504-12A

 

France, Literature. GABRIEL FAURÉ, Writer. By Louis Muller. Bronze 68mm. $60.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at Vénissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrivé at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by André Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 40076-2D

 

1977, France. MONT ST. MICHEL. By Thérèse Dufresne. Bronze 81mm. $150

Th?r?se Dufresne was born in 1937. She studied at the ?cole des Arts Appliqu?s and at the ?cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts e Paris. She spent time in Spain from 1962 to 1964. Over the course of her career, she won various awards. She created an extensive body of medals and is especially recognized for her architectural medals that depict scenes from unusual perspectives. Dufresne died in 2010.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 40077-2D

 

1977, Great Britain. KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. By Germaine Rességuier-Lagriffoul. Published by La Monnaie de Paris. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 4 1565/G. $90.

Germaine Rességuier-Lagriffoul was born in 1908. He attended the École des Beaux-Art in Marseille then the l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He created an extensive body of medals.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40081-2D

 

1940, France. ORDRE DES ARCHITECTES. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 60mm. Awarded to Pierre Remaury. $125.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

 

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40092-2D

 

France, Medicine. DR. FERNAND ARLOING, Bacteriologist. By Louis Muller. Bronze 82mm. $90

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at Vénissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrivé at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by André Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40078-2D

 

1962, Madagascar. FIRST PHILATELIC EXPOSITION, TANARIVE. By Georges Crouzat. Bronze 68mm. $125.

Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a sociétaire des Artistes Français and received an honorable mention in 1928.

 

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40085-2D

 

1907, France. PAUL PROT. By Ovide Yencesse. Bronze plquette 54mm x 75mm.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 40088-2D

 

1975, France. JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX, Painter and Sculptor. By Georges Thurotte. Copper 77mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. #21 of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1797/D. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 43006-2D

 

1971, Great Britain, America. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. By J. Asselberg. Published by the Monnaie de Paris. Bronze 81mm.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 42007-2D

 

France. ÉCOLE THÉOPHILE ROUSSEL. By Alphonse-Eugène Lechevrel (1848 or 1850-1924). Bronze plaquette 81mm x 61mm. $195.

Alphone-Eug?ne Lechevrel was born in Paris in either 1848 or 1850. He studied under H. Fran?ois. He worked as a sculptor in various media, but also designed some stamps. Lechevrel first exhibited at the Salon in 1873 and won a medal in 1884. In 1877 he traveled to England to revive the art of engraving on layered glass. Lechevrel died in Paris in 1924.

Price: $195.00

SKU: 40096-2D

 

France, JOSEPH HAMOIR. By E. Bastin. Uniface bronze plaquette 45mm x 48mm. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: 9355-30292-8C

 

France. SAINT NICOLAS. By Anie Mouroux. Bronze 59mm. In a contemporary cardboard box. $90.

Anie Mouroux, sculptor and medalist was born at Paris in 1887. She studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. She was the first female contender for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. She won the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1919. Mouroux won a gold medal at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts and a silver medal at the Salon de Artistes Fran?ais. She died in 1978.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 8495-20404-2C

 

France. MARIANNE – EDUCATION PHYSIQUE. By Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 50mm. $25.

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker. He later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Falgui?re and Merci?. He became a regular exhibitor at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He produced several war memorials following World War I and is noted, among medal collectors, for his medals related to World War I. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927.

Price: $25.00

SKU: 4542-16173-5T

 

France. CERES – OFFICE AGRICOLE DEPARTMENTAL DU LOIRET. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Silver-gilt 50mm.(Edge stamped 2ARGENT). Cased. $225

Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26 1988.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 1207-16448-12T