France. LE RHIN. By Marcel Renard. Bronze 59mm. Obv: A standing male personification of the Rhine with two birds flying in the background. Rev: A map of the Rhine with shields and symbols of the countries through which it passes. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 339/E. $135 Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020)————-
Marcel Renard, sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. He died in 1974.