French

 

1975, France. Bridge. PHILATELIC EXPOSITION, PARIS. By René Vautier. Bronze 68mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 20888-9C

 

1968, France. 12TH F.N.M.O.B CONGRESS AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MAITRES D’OEUVRE ET ARCHITECTES LIBRES V.F.A. By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze 80mm. $175.

Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8, 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’École des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments Régionau on the liner ‘Normandie.”   He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28, 1986. Delamarre’s works, including his medals are discussed and illustrated in RAYMOND DELAMARRE, Sculpteur et Médailleur By Claire Maingon. Rennes, 1924

Price: $175.00

SKU: 6855-19123-6B

 

1930, France, Insurance. CENTENARY OF LA NATIONALE. By L. Alloy. Bronze 72mm. Cased with a descriptive card. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 0339-15645-4A

 

France. NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF FRANCE. Unsigned bronze 31mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 19365-9B

 

1927, France. SOCIÉTÉ CENTRALE DES ARCHITECTES. Bronze 46mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 30809-2D

 

1970, France. LOUIS DAVID, Painter. By Daniel Octobre. Silvered-copper 72mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 20 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1409/D. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 30634-8C

 

France. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, FIRST CONSUL. By M. Bückler. Uniface copper 39mm. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: 42091-11C

 

France. GALLIA. Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 64mm. $100.

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker, but later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Alexandre Falgui?re and Claude Antoine 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. Morlon designed an effigy of Marianne in a Phrygian cap, which was used on the fifty centime, one franc and two-franc coins from 1931 until 1959. He also designed coins for Uruguay. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927. He died at Houdan on February 24, 1951.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 30874-10C

 

France. JOUER DE TENNIS. By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Bronze plaquette 48mm x 58mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré volume 3 26A. $75.

Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963

Price: $75.00

SKU: 7069-16050-2T

 

1927, France. CENTENARY OF FRENCH ROMANTICISM. By René Grégoire (1871-1945. Grand Prix de Rome in 1899). Bronze 54mm. $90.

Ren? Gr?goire, a French medallist and sculptor, was born at Saumur in 1871. He was a student of Dubois and Thomas. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1899. He received numerous distinctions and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1924. Gr?goire died in 1945.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 6462-16153-5T

 

France. LA MÉRE ALLAITANT (Nursing Mother). Unsigned (By Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier,(1856-1909). Cast bronze plaque 160mm x 240mm mounted on a contemporary wooden block for hanging and display. ANS Exhibition 22. $750.

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, medalist, sculptor and craftsman was born in Paris in 1856. He initially trained as a jeweler, then worked under a medallist. This led him to entering L??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied medal engraving from 1871 ? 1876 in the studio of Hubert Ponscarme. Charpentier first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 with a portrait medallion of his mother and in 1879 exhibited ?Tireur d?Arc,? a bas-relief, which was purchased by Alexandre Dumas. He with Ponscarme, Louis-Oscar Roty and others was responsible for the resurgence of medallic art in France in the late 19th century. Charpentier died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1909.

Price: $750.00

SKU: 7946-15340-1T

 

1943. France. VILLE DE PARIS – BEAUX ARTS. By Raymond Corbin (1907-2002). Bronze 71mm. $150.

Raymond Corbin was born at Rochefort on April 23, 1907. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and succeeded him as professor of medal engraving in 1955. Corbin had a distinguished career, which included creating many medals and designing two commemorative coins for the French Mint. He won various honors. He died at Boulogne-Billancourt on March 1, 2002.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 8945-17116-5A

 

France. HOMER – France. HOMER – ANAKɅHƩIƩ. By Albert Herbemont (1874-1953). Bronze 134mm. $1,250.

By Albert Herbemont (1874-1953). Bronze 134mm. $1,250. ——— Albert Herbemont was born in 1874 and was a pupil of Ponscarme. He won a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1923. Herbemont was a founding member of the Soci?t? Fran?ais des Amis de la M?daille. Herbemont died in 1953.

Price: $1,250.00

SKU: 5382-17328-8A

 

1974 (edge stamp). LE CIRQUE (The Circus). By M. Mogquot. Bronze 81mm. $125

Price: $120.00

SKU: 3035-17557-5B

 

1911, France. L’ASSAUT AU PISTOLET. By Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 64mm. $125.

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker, but later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Alexandre Falgui?re and Claude Antoine 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. Morlon designed an effigy of Marianne in a Phrygian cap, which was used on the fifty centime, one franc and two-franc coins from 1931 until 1959. He also designed coins for Uruguay. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927. He died at Houdan on February 24, 1951.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30873-9C