French

 

1972, France, Great Britain. GENERAL LECLERC DE HAUTECLOQUE. – CELEBRATION AT DALTON HALL, HULL, LONDON, WINDSOR. By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze 58mm. $60.

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.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 2303-17712-2B

 

France. CHARLES DAUBIGNY, Painter. Bronze 68mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 2297-20460-2C

 

France. LE SAUT (Horse Jumping). By François André Clémencin (1878-1951). Bronze plaquette 51mm x 53mm. Later striking stamped 1983 on its edge. $40.

Fran?ois Andr? Cl?mencin was born in 1878. He studied under Coutain. He was a member of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a gold medal at the Salon and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Cl?mencin died in 1951.

Price: $40.00

SKU: 9826-20683-2C

 

France. HUBERT GLASIER. By Roger Bétannier (1920-1999). Uniface cast bronze 120mm. $175.

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: $175.00

SKU: 20879-7C

 

1925, France. WAR MEMORIAL AT HARTMANNSWILLERKOPF. By Antoine Bourdelle. Silvered-bronze 72mm. Cased. $350.

?mile-Antoine Bourdelle was born at Montauban in 1861. He was a painter, architect, and medallist, but is known primarily as a sculptor. He studied initially at the ?cole des Beaux Arts de Toulouse and was later accepted at the ?cole National des Beaux Arts de Paris and into the atlier of Falgi?re. He was widely regarded as one of the leading sculptors of his time and won many distinctions over the course of his career. Bourdelle died at Vesinet on October 1, 1929.

Price: $350.00

SKU: 30054-7C

 

1980, France. ÉQUITATION (Horse riding). By Léopold Kretz. Bronze 72mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 7420-20450-2C

 

1952, France. GENERAL DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY, Memorial. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 69mm. $90.

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: $90.00

SKU: 30886-10C

 

1973, France. GEORGES LAY, Medallist and Sculptor. Self-portrait. Plated copper 68mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 6 of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1178/B. $120.

Georges Lay, sculptor and medallist was born at Bordeaux in 1907. He studied there in the school of Beaux-Arts and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts and the ?cole Nationale des Arts D?coratifs.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 1907-20446-2C

 

(1855), France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION – PALAIS D’INDUSTRIE, PAVILLION DU NORD. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze. 68mm. $150

Jacques Wiener, whose given name was Jacob, was born on March 2, 1815, at Hoerstgen (Rhine Province) to Hungarian parents. He seems to have started using Jacques as his name when he moved to Belgium. At the age of 13 he went to live with his uncle Baruth, an artist, and studied drawing, modelling and engraving. In 1835 he moved to Paris to perfect his skills and in 1839 moved to Brussels, where he established himself as an engraver. He became a naturalized Belgian in 1845. He created an extensive body of medals and is best known for his finely detailed architectural medals, especially his series of Most Remarkable Edifices. He is also widely known for engraving the first Belgian postage stamp. Wiener died in Brussels in 1899.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 51046-TC

 

France. Medicine. PROFESSOR LOUIS MERKLEN. By Georges Crouzat. Bronze 68mm. $90.

Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a sociétaire des Artistes Français and received an honorable mention in 1928.

 

Price: $90.00

SKU: 9787-20860-7C

 

France. INSTITUT PASTEUR – DR. ALBERT CALMETTE. By Georges Prud?homme. Bronze 68mm. $100.

Georges-Henri Prud?homme (1873-1947), sculptor and medallist, was a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alph?e Dubois and sculpture under Falgui?re. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third-class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40040-9D

 

France. LOUIS BOURDALOUE, Jesuit Preacher. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. Cased. $100

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: $100.00

SKU: 9550-20282-2C

 

1968, France. HORSE. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. By Jean-Pierre Demarchi. Bronze 81mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 30425-7C

 

1923, France. THE CARPENTER AND HIS FAMILY. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze plaquette 73mm x 63mm. Mounted on a base (as made, to stand upright). $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 3629-20293-2C

 

1953, Guadeloupe. CENTENARY OF THE BANK OF GUADELOUPE. Bronze 59mm. Obv: The head of a native. Rev: A ship and a map of the island. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40049-9D