French

 

1950, France. THE PARIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. By Pierre-Marie Poisson. Bronze 75mm. OBVERSE: Two females holding hands, one holds a bag of money, the other a cog. Behind them is a scale and a caduceus. REVERSE: An inscription on a cog set against rays. Classens 113. $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: 7685-16081-1T

 

France. VICTORY. By Léon-Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze with a silvered reverse 50mm. $100

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 4837-16229-8T

 

France. ATALANTA AND HIPPOMENES. By Lucien-Jean Cariat (1874-1925). Bronze 50mm. Cased. $80.

Lucien-Jean Cariat was born in 1874. He studied under Ponscarme and Tomas. He won an honorable mention at the Salon of 1898. Cariat died in 1925.

Price: $80.00

SKU: Q0484-16074-1T

 

France. World War I. LA COMPAGNIE DE L’EST – AWARD FOR GOOD CONDUCT. Indistinct signature. Uniface bronze plaquette 81mm x 68mm. Cased. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 8353-16491-12A

 

France. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D’AGEN. By Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier,(1856-1909). Silvered-bronze, 50mm. Cased. $125.

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: $125.00

SKU: Q5721-16028-1T

 

France. BREBIS NORMANDE. By Victor Peter (1840-1918). Cast bronze 175mm x 130mm. $450.

Victor Peter (1840-1918) was born at Paris. He studied art over the objections of his parents. He was a pupil of S?bastien Cornu, Devaulx and Falgui?re. He exhibited at the Salon and won a medal in 1879. He won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. He was an artist who worked in various media. As a medallist, Peter is best known for his depictions of animals. He became professor of sculpture at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts in 1901 and was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur.

Price: $450.00

SKU: 15483-1T

 

1974 (edge stamp). LE CIRQUE (The Circus). By M. Mogquot. Bronze 81mm. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: 17757-8A

 

1942, France. 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ANNE-HILARION DE COSTENTIN, COMTE DE TOURVILLE, Naval Commander, Marshall of France. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 72mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3. 379/E. $125.

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: $125.00

SKU: 6109-17360-11A

 

France. World War I. RED CROSS AID TO SOLDIERS. By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Bronze 45mm. $60.

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: $60.00

SKU: 16144-2T

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DE COLOMBICULTURE. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Bronze 50mm. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: A2763-16029-1T

 

France. MAISON D’ÉDUCATION DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR. By I.L. Blanchot. Bronze 57mm. Cased. $60.

Blanchot is not included in Dictionnaire Biographique des Artistes Contemporains, in Benezit?s Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Desinateurs et Graveurs, or in other biographical sources.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9695-15560-10T

 

France. ANGORA CLUB FRANÇAIS. By Samuel Grün (1869-after 1930). Bronze 37mm x 52mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 16016-8A

 

France, firefighting. UNION DEPARTMENTAL DES SAPEURS-POMPIERS DES YVELINES. By André-Henri Torcheux (1912-1998). Cast bronze 178mm (about 7 inches). It is exceptionally rare for a double-side medal to be so large. $300.

Andr?-Henri Torcheux was born in Paris on January 9 1912. He studied under Paul Niclausse at l’?cole Nationale des Arts D?coratifs de Paris and later under Jean Boucher at l’?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He won a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fan?ais. Starting in 1946 he taught drawing in Paris. He worked primarily as a sculptor and created several medals.

Price: $300.00

SKU: 0470-15097-2A

 

France. World War II. MEMORIAL TO PIERRE LORRAIN, KILLED WHILE RAISING THE FRENCH FLAG ON THE RENAULT BUILDING DURING TH LIBERATION OF PARIS. By Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986). Bronze plaquette 45mm x 60mm. $90.

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: $90.00

SKU: 4047-17347-5A

 

1954, France. CONFÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DES INDUSTRIES DU BOIS. By Henry Dropsy (1885-1969). Silvered-bronze 55mm. $75.

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: $75.00

SKU: 4500-16178-5T