References

Biographical Details Of Some Of The Artists

(Please ask for details on artists not listed)

Alonzo. Domonique Alonzo born in Paris in the late 19th century. He was a pupil of Falguiere and exhibited his works at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1912 till 1926.

Balleste. Enrique Molins-Balleste was born in Barcelona, a Spanish artist who later moved to Paris. It would appear that Molins and Balleste are one and the same artist and he would use either Molins or Balleste to sign his pieces. Some same figures are signed Molins whilst the other is signed Balleste. Often signed his name as BAL. Famous for his theatrical and genre groups and figural lighting. Also made many sculptures using wood as the medium.

Bergman. Austrian artist, produced many early 20th century pieces of mainly Arab influence or subject. Also produced mechanical figures of ladies with dresses which open to reveal nudes underneath etc.

Bizard. Suzanne Bizard. Born at Saint-Amand 1 august 1873. Exhibited at the Salon from 1900-1936.

Bofill. Antoine Bofill. Born in Barcelona. Exhibited in Spain and at the Paris salons from 1902-1920.

Bouraine. Marcel Bouraine. Born in Pontoise, in the main he was self-taught. All his works are of sincere realism and drawn from life. Taken prisoner by the Germans during 1914-1918 war, he so interested his captors they gave him many jobs to execute. He was interned in Switzerland where he produced several monuments, of which one was for Lausanne. He exhibited at all Paris salons.

Boutarel. Simone, born in Paris. She exhibited her works at the Paris Salons during the 1920s and won a silver medal in 1937. She specialised in animal groups and busts.

Briand. Pieces signed Briand were produced by the Le Verrier foundry during the deco years - ie. the famous bird lady and hoop lady, and I believe that there may have been a connection between Briand and Marcel Bouraine and the former may have been a pseudonym used by Bouraine, who already used another pseudonym - Derenne.

Carlier. Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier 1849-1927. Born in Cambrai, France and died in Paris 1927. He studied at local art schools and moved to Paris where he was a pupil of Jouffroy, Cavelier and Chapu at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.Famous for his busts, animals and genre groups. He received many medals for his work and held the rank of Officier in the Legion of Honour.

Carrier. Albert Carrier-Beluse. Born in Laon 12 June 1827. He was one of the masters of his generation and received many honours such as the Grand Prix de Rome, Prix d’honneur and Hors Concours. His works are to be seen in many art centres throughout the world, among them the monument for independence in Costa Rica and several works in Paris including a ceiling in the Louvre. He died 3 June 1887 when he was a director of the Sevres factory.

Cartier. Eugiene Cartier. Born in Arlier. Received a medal of honour from the Salon in 1926.

Cartier. Thomas Francais Cartier. Born in Marseilles. Received many awards from the Salon, one of the first being in 1908.

Carvin. Auguste J.Ch. Carvin. Born in Sin-le-Noble. Received awards from the Salon one of the earliest being in 1907.

Carvin. Louis Albert Carvin. Born In Paris. Received a Medal of Honour from the Salon in 1894 and exhibited there frequently until 1933.

Chiparus. Demetre H. Chiparus. Born in Dorohoi, Romania 16 September 1886. The initial H stood for Haralamb which meant Chiparus adopted in memory of his father. 1909 he decided to travel and studied in Florence before eventually moving to Paris in 1912 where he studied under A. Mercier and J. Boucher. He exhibited from the Salon from 1914. His later works in the 1920s were influenced by the interest in Egypt after the excavaon of the Pharaohs’’ tombs. He based many works on the ballet and theatre, one particular theme being the Ballet Russe, from which resulted “the Russian dancers” depicting Nijinsky and Ida Rubenstein in that ole in Scheherazade. Like many artists he had a particular gift for portraying children and this work in his field depicts a whole range of childish pursuits. Chiparus died on 22nd January 1947 after suffering a stroke on returning from studying animals at the zoo in Vincennes.

Cipriani. U. Cipriani. Born in Naples at the end of the 19th century, he studied at the School of fine Arts in Rome and exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes in France from 1903.

Colinet. Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet. Born in Brussels. Studied with Jeff Lumbeaux. Like so many artists she moved to Paris where she was elected to the Societe Des Artistes Francais and exhibited from the salon in 1913 she exhibited in the Salon des Independants from 1937. Her works were varied, from the usual conventional ballet poses of the period to a very magnificent work of a Valkyrie maiden on horse-back.

Conde, Geo - Georges Jean Conde, born 25 June 1891, famous sculptor and ceramics artist who worked for the St. Clement ceramics company in Lorraine, along with Lemenceau during the 1920s. Conde items are now highly sought after and he is now considered on par with Pompon, Adnet, Puiforcat and Sandoz, and is particularly famous for his stylised craquelier pieces.

Descomps. Joseph J.E. Descomps. Born in Clermont Ferrand in the latter part of the nineteenth century exhibited at the Salon.

Drouot. Edouard Drouot. Born in Sommevoire 3 April 1859. Exhibited bronzes at the Salon from 1889.

Fugere. Henry Fugere. Born in Saint Mande 7 September 1872. Studied with Barrius, Cavalier and Puech. Exhibited at the Salon.

Gennarelli. Amedeo Gennarelli. Born in Naples. Exhibited at the Salon, particularly in the 1920s.

Gilbert. Alfred Gilbert. Born in London 12 august 1854 and died 4 November 1934. Studied in England and Paris. Received many awards and was knighted in 1932. Perhaps his best known work is Eros in London.

Gregorie. Rene Gregoire. Born in Saumur 4 June 1871. Received the Prix de Rome in 1899 which was followed by many other awards from the Salon.

Kelety. Alexander Kelety. Born in Budapest, Hungary. Studied sculpture at Toulouse with Imre Seamy before studying in Paris where he exhibited at the salons in the years between the wars.

Laurent. Blanche Laurent. Born in Paris. She was an exhibitor at the Salon from 1901.

Lavroff. George Lavroff. Born in Siberia 19 April 1895. Studied in Moscow and moved to France after the revolution. Exhibited at all the main Paris salons. Produced art deco styles similar to Lorenzl.

Le Faguays. Pierre Le Faguays. Born in Nantes. Pupil of Vbert. He attracted the attention of the public at his first exhibition due to the originality he gave to his dancing subjects which were inspired by the statues of Tanagra. He was a member of the Salon and of Le Stele and evolution groups. Medal of honour in 1927.

Levasseur. Henry Louis Levasseur. Born in Paris 16 April 1853. received his first award from the salon in 1882 and exhibited in all the main French salons.

Marquet. Alix Marquet. Born in Oudan 8th January 1875. Exhibited at the salon and won many award from 1903.

Paris. Roland Paris. Born in Vienna 1894. studied under Henry van der Velda who founded with others the Bauhaus school.

Phillipe. Paul Phillipe. Born in Thorn Poland. Pupil of Laurrox.

Poertzel. Prof. Otto Poertzel. Born at Schneiber 24 October 1876. He became one of the most prominent sculptors in Germany and was for many years under special protection from the Duke of Saxe-Gobung-Gothar who gave him large orders for many monuments. The sculptor lived in the society of prominent actors and under this influence created many well known works such as Snake Dance and Bacchanal. Many of his earlier works were to be found in the salons of the Germany royal courts and a few of the most beautiful were purchased by the late king of Bulgaria. It is impossible that the confusion between figures by this artist and preiss is due to the fact that there work is similar in a great many respects, which In turn may well be due to sharing a studio in Berlin.

Preiss. Johann Phillip Ferdinand Preiss. Born in Erbach Odenwald 13 February 1832. Many of the works by Preiss have the monogram PK embossed on the bronze and this shows that it was produced by the firm of Preiss and Kassler. Walter Kassler and Ferdinand Preiss founded the firm in 1906 in Berlin and it continued to flourish until the death of Preiss. It has been established that Preiss designed and worked on all his models and had many sculptors who worked for him. In this way he was able produce many works though, as will be appreciated due to the numbers of each model it was impossible for him to make each item entirely, even though many are signed by him. It is presumed that each sculptor executed a particular component of each figure and that the various parts were assembled, in many cases by preiss.

Verschnieder. Jean Verschnieder. Born in Lyons. Studied under Jalbiert. Received many awards from the Salon including a mention in 1909.

Some useful sources of information:

1. Bronzes of the 19th Century, Dictionary of Sculptors, Pierre Kjellberg

2. Bronzes Sculptors & Founders, Volumes 1-4, Berman

3. Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, Alberto Shayo, 2nd Edition, 1999

4. Craqueles, Les Animaux en ceramique, 1920-1940, Patrick Malaureille

5. Hood Ornaments, Rob Leicester Wagner, 2001

6. Art Deco and Other Figures, Bryan Catley, 2003

7. Miller’s Buyer’s Guide - Art Nouveau & Art Deco, 2001

8. Essential Art Deco, Iain Zaczek, 2000