1967 (edge stamp). DIANE. By A. Pommier. Bronze 81mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 4 1475/B. $90. ——— Albert Pommier was born in Paris on 11 January 1880. He was an admirer of the work of Bernard Palissy. Pommier studied independently under the French painter Joseph Frank-Bail and the sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias, rather than pursuing the more traditional route of attending l’?cole des Beaux-Arts. In 1905, he exhibited a series of statues at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. In 1914 he won the Abd-el-Tif prize, which allowed him to be a resident at the Villa Abd-el-Tif, but had to postpone his attendance due to the outbreak of the First World War, during which he was mobilized as a stretcher bearer in the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Infantry. He wrote of his experiences as a soldier in the trenches. Pommier died in Paris in 1943