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France. THEODORIC OF LORRAINE AND GERTRUDE OF FLANDERS. By Ferdinand de Saint Urbain. Bronze 45mm. $125.

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain was born at Nancy on June 30, 1658 (or possibly 1654, according to one source), the son of Claude Augustin de Saint-Urbain, a goldsmith and engraver. In 1673 he was appointed Mint-engraver at Bologna. In 1683 he moved to Rome, where he was appointed Chief engraver by Innocent XI. He returned to Nancy in 1704 and was appointed as Engraver at the mint there in 1797. He created over 120 medals, most of which have a distinctive border, such as that on this medal. Saint-Urbain died in Nancy on January 10, 1738.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 3099-20805-7C

 

1977, France. ANTOINE WATTEAU, painter. By Ronald Searle. Bronze 91mm. $125

Ronald William Fordham Searle was born in Cambridge on March 3, 1920. He is best known as a satirical cartoonist and illustrator, and for being the creator of St. Trinian?s School. He started creating medals long after he had established his reputation. Searle started drawing at the age of five and left school at the age of 15. He trained at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). In 1939 he enlisted in the army. In 1942 he was stationed in Singapore. He fought in Malaya and was taken prisoner. Searle was moved to the Kwai Jungle, where he worked on the ?Death Railway.? He suffered considerably during his imprisonment, contracting beri-beri and malaria, and was subjected to beatings. His weight dropped to under 90 pounds. During his captivity he made drawings that documented the atrocities he observed. He kept them hidden. About 300 survived the war. They are documented in a book published in 1986. The originals are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. After the War, Searle served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials. During the 1950s he produced an extraordinary amount of work, which was published in many leading publications, including Punch and the New Yorker. In 1961 he moved to Paris. He died on December 30, 2011 in Provence.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30437-7C

 

1931, France. 3RD PRIZE FOR INDUSTRIAL DRAWING. By Hippolyte Lefevbre. Bronze plaquette 53mm x 73mm. Cased. $100.

Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist, was born in Lille. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lef?bvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 20243-10C

 

France. AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE FRANCE. By Gairal de Serezin. Bronze plaquette 65mm x 56mm. Cased. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 42025-10C

 

France. MARSHALL LYAUTEY – THE PACIFICATION OF MOROCCO. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 68mm. $150.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors. He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure 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: $150.00

SKU: 6626-18478-8B

 

U.S.A. JOHN HUSTON, Film Maker. By G.S. Villeneuve. Copper 80mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. 44 of an edition of 100. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 4662-20453-2C

 

1970, France. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. By Raymond Tschudin. Bronze 68mm. $90.

Raymond Tschudin was born in Champigny-sur-Marne on November 2 1916. He was the son of a medalist and came early to his profession. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1945 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving and studied at the Villa Medicis from 1946 to 1949. He was the creator of a large number of medals, many of which have religious themes. Tschudin died at Provins on November 28 1998

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30471-7C

 

1941, France. MARECHAL PHILIPPE PETAIN. By Pierre Turin. Set of three bronze medals: 77mm, 68mm, 32mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of Marshal Petain facing left. Rev: An axe, a framer and a mother and children. $275.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 30442-7c

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ D’HORTICULTURE ET DES JARDINS OUVRIERS DE FRANCE, VALENCIENNES-NORD. By Svante Nilsson (1869-1942). Bronze plaquette 53mm x 41mm. Cased. 460

Price: $60.00

SKU: 5825-16179-7A

 

1974 (edge stamp) France. CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLVING. By Maurice Delannoy. Uniface bronze 59mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 42044-10C

 

France. SELF PORTRAIT. By Émile Philippe Scailliet (1846-1911). Uniface cast bronze studio model approximately 6/12 inches. $250.

?mile Philippe Scailliet was born in Paris in 1846. He studied under Lehmann, Jeuffroy and Moreau-Vautier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1906, He became a member of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais in 1908. Scailliet died in 1911.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 0111-16130-6A

 

1969, France. TOUT EST ACCOMPLI (All is Done). By Antoniucci Volti. Cast bronze 128mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 14 of an edition of 150. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 page 1891. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 4721-20467-3C

 

France. SUZANNE VALADON (1867-1938), Painter. By Pierre-Marie Poisson (1876-1953). Bronze 81mm. $90.

Pierre-Marie Poisson was born on 19 November 1876 in Niort (Deux-S?vres). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later moved to Paris to study sculpture. He received a scholarship for the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria in 1908. He worked primarily as a sculptor and only turned to creating medals later in his career.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1094-18404-7B

 

1955, France. CENTENARY OF COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 68mm. Some edge nicks. $75

Marcel Renard sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. Renard died in 1974

Price: $75.00

SKU: 9968-18824-4B

 

1977, France. ALFRED FABRE-LUCE, Journalist and Writer. By Raymond Joly (1911-2006). Plated copper 90mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 15 of an edition of 100. Catalogue GGénéral Illustré volume 4 1018/B. $90.

Raymond Joly (1911-2006, Grand Prix de Rome 1942) began to study sculpture in 1937 and entered the atelier of Henry Dropsy in 1939 at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1942.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1013-20472-3C