French

 

France. Grapes. WINE MAKING. Unsigned. Uniface bronze 68mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30827-8C

 

France. World War II. REGIONAL REGIMENT 213. By F. Gallard. Uniface bronze 40mm x 64mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 3373-17343-5A

 

1970, France. ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE POUR L’AVANCEMENT DES SCIENCES. By Oscar Roty. Silvered-bronze 68mm. Edge inscribed: BREST 1970. $95.

Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 30872-8C

 

1968, France. SOPHOCLE. By Pierre Turin. Silvered-copper 81mm. Club Française de la Médaille. Number EE (Editor’s issue) of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1838/C. $175.

 

Price: $175.00

SKU: 30869-8C

 

France, Italy, Germany. THE DEFEAT OF THE NAZIS IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. By Louis Muller (1902-1957). Bronze 68mm. $125.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6604-17337-5A

 

France. ARMOUR MATERNELLE (MOTHERLY LOVE). By Lucien Gibert. Uniface bronze plaquette 76mm x 79mm. Catalogue Général Illustré Vol 3 192/B . $150.

Lucien Gibert (1904-1988), sculptor and medallist, studied at l??cole des Beaux-Arts se Saint-?tienne and later at l??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jean Boucher and Charles Despiau. He won a gold medal at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937 and at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1939. Gibert was made an officer of la L?gion d?Honneur. He created over 200 medals.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 30876-8C

 

France. WINGED MALE FIGURE. By Henry Dropsy. Uniface cast bronze hexagonal 89mm x 100 with some excess metal. $275.

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: $275.00

SKU: 30877-8C

 

France. SAINT JACQUES. By Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 46mm x 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 46/B. $125.

?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30 1877 at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 4290-17345-5A

 

France. THREE MERMAIDS. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Uniface cast bronze 112mm. $300.

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: $300.00

SKU: 30857-8C

 

France. CENTAUR. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999).

Uniface cast bronze 119mm. $300. ———- 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: $300.00

SKU: 30860-8C

 

1951, France. PIERRE ROGEON. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Uniface cast bronze 123mm. $120

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: $120.00

SKU: 30878-8c

 

1954, France. G.I.R.M. ONE MILLION TONNES OF COPPER. Copper plaquette 97mm x 60mm. Cased. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30866-8C

 

France. JEAN-BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT, painter. By Henri Chapu (1833-91). Uniface cast bronze 61mm x 73mm. $350.

Henri Michel Antoine Chapu was born on September 29 1833 at M?e-sur-Seine, where his parents worked as a coachman and housekeeper. He showed an aptitude for art and won a scholarship. He studied under James Pradier, Francisque Duret and L?on Cogniet at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1851 he won the second grand prix de Rome in medal engraving for ?Neptune Giving Birth to a Horse.? In 1853 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture for ?Alexander’s Despair after the Death of Clitus. In 1855 he won the first Grand Prix de Rome jointly with Am?d?e Doublemard, His sculpture ?Cl?obis and Biton? was accidently damaged during transit, but was nonetheless selected unanimously by the jury. While at the Villa Medicis he made portrait medallions of some of his colleagues. He continued to make medals throughout his career and helped lead the revival of the medal as an art form. He struggled in his early years. Chapu exhibited at the Salon from 1863 onwards. His statues of ?Mercury? of 1861 and ?Jeanne d’Arc? of 1870 were his big successes, and led to many commissions. He was made an Officer of the L?gion d?Honeur. Chapu died in Paris on April 21 1891.

Price: $350.00

SKU: 8766-18860-4B

 

1931, France and colonies. EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE. By Eduoard Martin and Raoul Bénard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Gilt-bronze 68mm. Obv: Facing head of Marianne set against heads of four figures representing the French Colonies. Rev: Fruit above a rectangular compartment. An oriental temple in the background. Cased. $160

Price: $160.00

SKU: 20470-8C

 

1947, France. IXE JEUX MONDIAUX UNIVERSAIRES D’ÉTÉ. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Silvered-bronze 68mm. $150.

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: $150.00

SKU: 30843-8C