France. COUREUR (Runner). By Jean August Briquemont (1879-1951). Uniface cast bronze artist’s studio model 119mm. Created for 1924 exhibition in conjunction with the Olympic Games in Paris. $450. ————- Jean August Briquemont was born in Paris in 1879. He took evening courses in drawing and sculpture in Paris. He exhibited for the first time in 1927 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a silver medal in 1937. Briquemont died in 1951.