French

 

France. CALISTHENICS. By Édouard Fraisse. Bronze 50mm. $30.

?douard Fraisse was born on May 14, 1880, at Beaune. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. Fraisse collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was admitted to the Soci?t? des artistes fran?ais and exhibited at the Salon des artistes fran?ais, where he won a gold medal in 1937. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1929. Fraisse died in Paris on September 13, 1945

Price: $30.00

SKU: 1504-30811-8C

 

France. THREE MERMAIDS. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Uniface bronze 50mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2023)

Roger Alphonse B?tannier, was born in Paris in 1920, He exhibited in the sculpture section at the Salon in 1947. He created many medals in during his career. B?tannier died in 1999.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 30810-8C

 

France. NUDE WITH DOVES. Unsigned (style of Georges Guiraud) gilt cast bronze 159mm x 93mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 16833-12A

 

1972, France. JEROME CARCOPINO, Historian and Author. By C. Sarrabezolles. Bronze 72mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 30064-5C

 

1937, France. CONGRES ET TRENTENAIRE DE LA C.I.S.T.S. By Samuel Grün. Silvered-bronze 50mm. $75.

Samuel Gr?n, painter, sculptor, engraver and medalist was born on February 19 1869 in Tallin, Estonia, the son of Maurice Gr?n, a painter. He worked in London and Paris. Gr?n exhibited at the Soci?t? des artistes Fran?ais and at the Salon of the Royal Academy in London. The exact date of his death is unrecorded, probably some time after the 1930s

Price: $75.00

SKU: 9021-16635-4A

 

1940, France. World War II. RESISTANCE IN THE ILE DE SEIN. By René Quillivic. Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 p. 1533. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 48030-2D

 

France. ASSOCIATION LEOPOLD BELLAN. By Louis Desvignes (1877-1934). Bronze 50mm. $60.

Louis Desvignes, sculptor and medallist,was born on November 14 1877 at Creusot (Sa?ne-et-Loire), He was a student of Raoul. Verlet, Paul Auban and Henri Dubois at l’?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris . He was a soci?taire du Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a gold medal in 1932. Desvignes died in Paris on June 22, 1934.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9376-16819-2A

 

France, aviation. MOTHER AND CHILD WITH A DOVE – ŒUVRES SOCIALES DE L’AIR. By Georges Guiraud (1901-1989. Grand Prix de Rome, 1926). Bronze 50mm. Cased. $120.

Georges Guiraud was born at Toulouse on August 5, 1901. He was the son of Albert Guiraud, who was a painter and illuminator of documents. Guiraud studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in the workshop of Jean Boucher. Guiraud won the First Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1926. He died at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) on May 12, 1989.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 30690-8C

 

1930, France. NIL SINE MINERVA – LES MUSÉES NATIONAUX – M. BARTHOUX. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Cast bronze 108mm. $850.

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: $850.00

SKU: 30005-5C

 

France. ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, Sculptor of Animals. By Henri Auguste Jules Patey (1855-1930). Bronze 68mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD

Henri Auguste Jules Patey, sculptor and medallist was born in Paris in 1855. In 1873 he entered the École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts. He studied sculpture under Capu and medal engraving under Chaplain. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome, for medal engraving, in 1881. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889 and a gold medal at the Exposition of 1900. In 1896 he succeeded Lagrange as engraver-general of coins. Patey was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. He died in 1930.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 48042-2D

 

France. DR. JEAN CHATELLE, Stomatologist. By G. Sarrabezolles. Bronze 68mm. Edge nick on the reverse. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 48043-2D

 

1924, France. LE CHANT. By André Pierre Schwab (1883-1969) after Della Robia. Bronze plaquette 70mm x 50mm. $135.

Andr? Pierre Schwab was born at Nancy on August 6, 1883. He was a student of Merci?, Chaplain, Vernon. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais beginning in 1905 and won a gold medal in 1926.Schwab died in 1969.

Price: $135.00

SKU: 9753-16821-2A

 

1946, France. World War II. PAX – CONFERENCE DE PARIS. By André Léon Galtié (1908-1983). Bronze 58mm. $95

Price: $95.00

SKU: 30061-5C

 

1954, France. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF MARSHAL LYAUTEY. By C. Grange. Bronze 72mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 48044-2D

 

1972, France. RAYMOND SAVIGNAC, Graphic Artist. By Gus. Silvered-copper, circa 72mm. Published by le ClubFrançais la Médaille . Number 20 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 888/A. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30635-8C