Austria. ROBERT HEINE-GELDERN, archeologist and ethnographer. By Édouard Lantéri. Bronze plaquette 60mm x 79mm. $200.

?douard Lant?ri (frequently anglicized without the accents and with his first name sometimes noted as Edward) was born in Auxere in France on 31 October 1848. He studied under Aim? Millet at the Petite ?cole de Dessin at Paris and at the ?cole des Beaux Arts de Paris. After experiencing a period of poverty, he became a cabinet maker. In 1872 fellow sculptor Jules Dalou recommended that he move to London where he took work as an assistant to Joseph Edgar Boehm. In 1880 he took a position at the National Art Training School (which became the Royal College of Art in 1896) in South Kensington. In 1900 he became the College’s first Professor of Modelling (1900?10). He was involved with the architectural and decorative sculpture for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. His romantic French style of sculpting was seen as influential among exponents of New Sculpture. He wrote a series of three books on sculpting, which are still required reading for some courses. Lanteri eventually took British citizenship. He died in London on December 22, 1917.