French

 

1978. U.S.A. Literature. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By Georges Lay. Copper 76mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1175/F. $100.

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: $100.00

SKU: 40033-9D

 

1948, France, Archeology. MARCEL AUBERT, Director the French Archeological Society. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 68mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 42046-10C

 

France. CHILDEBERT II. By Caqué. Copper 51mm. From Caqué’s series of medals of the kings of France. $65

Price: $65.00

SKU: 5841-18281-5B

 

1957, France. Medicine. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL FILMS. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. Some slight edge bumps. $70

Price: $70.00

SKU: 4716-30687-8C

 

France. ORDRES DE CHEVALERIE – RÉCOMPENSES NATIONALES. By Louis Muller. Bronze 76mm. $90.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at V?nissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larriv? at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by Andr? Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 20856-7C

 

France, Archeology. JEAN VERRIER, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS. Silvered-bronze 50mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 6829-42028-10C

 

France. Literature. ALPHONSE DAUDET (1840-1897), Writer. By Geneviéve Granger. Bronze 68mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4 853/D. $90.

Genevi?ve Granger was born at Tulle. She studied under Henri Dubois and Massoulle. She exhibited at the Salons of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais and at the Universal Exposition of 1900. She specialized in portraits.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 18441-5B

 

1800, France, Italy. THE BATTLE OF MARENGO. By Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet and Bertrand Andrieu. Copper 50mm. OBV: Uniformed bust of Napoleon Bonaparte, facing right, within a wreath. REV: Inscription. Bramsen 38, Julius 796, Schwering 828.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 17729-8A

 

1978, France. TRIBUTE TO GERRIT RIETVELD, Dutch architect and furniture designer.. By Martine Mougin. Plated copper 72mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Number 10 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1364/B. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 9417-20443-2C

 

1950, France. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANK OF FRANCE. By Rambert Dumarest. Bronze 68mm. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: 30884-10C

 

1965, France. LES CUISINIERS FRANÇAIS. By Samuel Grun. Bronze 50mm. $50.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 40023-12C

 

France. ORPHEUS. By Jacques Devigne. Bronze 59mm. $80.

Price: $80.00

SKU: 44079-11C

 

1930, Algeria. MUTUALITÉ ARTS ET MÉTIERS D’ALGER. By Émile Dropsy. Bronze 46mm. $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 ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure 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: 44096-11C

 

France. MICHEL EUGÈNE CHEVREUL. By Oscar Roty. Bronze 69mm. Maier 93. $150

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: $150.00

SKU: 42033-10C

 

1931, U.S.A., France. THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPITULATION OF YORKTOWN. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Washington, De Grasse-Tilly and Rochambeau facing right. Rev: A map of Yorktown. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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 Supérieure 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 deuxiéme 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 L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51030-TC