French, 20th century, female.
Born in Lille.
Sculptor. Figures, portraits, animals.
Art Deco.
Marguerite de Bayser-Gratry was a pupil of the sculptor Charles Vital-Cornu. Her most important works were shown at the Salon des Artistes Français. These include busts, portraits and figures such as: Maternity; Woman from Martinique...
French, 20th century, male.
Born in Paris.
Sculptor.
Art Deco.
Gabriel Beauvais exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1909, at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1914 and at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1912 and 1925, where he also became a member.
Paris...
Brazilian, 20th century, male.
Active also active in France.
Born 22 February 1894, in São Paulo; died 17 December 1955, in São Paulo.
Sculptor. Figures. Busts, groups, monuments.
Art Deco.
Brecheret lived in Europe and at first in Rome, where he studied sculpture under the supervision of the sculptor Arturo Dazzi between ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1925, in Paris.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, engraver, sculptor, designer of ornamental architectural features. Figures, landscapes. Statues.
Art Deco.
François Brochet was the son of the painter and playwright Henri Brochet, and was taught dance, theatre and puppeteering at home. In ...
Swiss, 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Born 20 March 1877, in Lancy (Geneva); died 7 June 1942.
Painter (lacquer), decorative designer, coppersmith, sculptor.
Art Deco.
Jules John Dunand trained at the École des Arts Industriels in Geneva, along with the wood engraver François Louis Schmied, who would be his friend and collaborator for the rest of his life. Together, they went to work in Paris in 1897. Dunand was one of the artists employed to make groups of winged horses for the Pont Alexandre III, in readiness for the opening of the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He also managed to find time for his own work, and began exhibiting some quite conventional sculptures at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts....
German, 20th century, male.
Born 16 May 1885, in Barth; died 23 December 1945, in Berlin.
Sculptor (bronze), medallist. Animals. Monuments (fountains).
Jugendstil, Art Deco.
Max Esser trained in wood sculpture at a young age and attended evening classes at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin. He was a pupil of, and assistant to, the animal sculptor August Gaul ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1893; died 1941.
Sculptor, designer, decorative artist. Furniture.
Art Deco.
Jean-Michel Franck was one of the great decorators in France in the 1940s. The inlay work of his furniture established his fame. His work as a sculptor, however, is little documented....
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 13 July 1873, in Neuhaus; died 1948, in Dresden.
Sculptor, medallist. Religious subjects, figures, animals. Funerary monuments, designs (porcelain).
Art Deco.
Max Hermann Fritz was a student of Lorenz Hutschenreuther, and was active in Dresden from 1898. He carried out numerous sculptures for Hartau Church (including a ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 13 June 1889, in Paris; died 18 July 1969, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Sculptor. Figure compositions. Monuments, groups, statues.
Art Deco.
Alfred Auguste Janniot studied under Antoine Injalbert at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and won the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 2 June 1877, in Norderney; died 13 September 1945, in Röhrmoos near Dachau.
Sculptor (bronze/stone). Animals. Designs (jewels).
Jugendstil, Art Deco.
Wilhelm Krieger was trained in decorative painting in Bremen, then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich for a few months and also taught himself sculpture. He took up residence in Herrsching, near Munich. He worked with the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (united studios for arts and crafts) in Munich. This organisation, which was very important for the development of Jugendstil in Munich, commissioned artists, and sold and exhibited their work. In ...
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 6 April 1860, in Ay; died 1945, in Paris.
Sculptor, glassmaker, worker in precious metals, decorative artist.
Art Nouveau, Art Deco.
René J. Lalique studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs. He gradually moved away from jewellery, an art which he nevertheless revolutionised, to become a master artist in glass in around ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 15 March 1874, in Benrath, near Düsseldorf; died 1956, in Bad Dosen-Salmünster.
Painter, sculptor. Animals. Designs (decorative arts).
Jugendstil, Art Deco.
Leven worked in Düsseldorf and Bremen and taught at the Hanau Academy from 1910. He had a studio in Paris....
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1882, in Troyes; died 1960, in Troyes.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, sculptor. Scenes with figures, landscapes.
Art Deco.
Maurice Marinot entered the studio of Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1901, but was soon excluded. Influenced by the Nabis, he aligned himself with the Fauves and ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1897, in Paris; died October 1945, in Paris.
Sculptor, worker in precious metals.
Art Deco.
Union des Artistes Modernes group.
Puiforcat was a student of the sculptor Louis Lejeune and a founder member of the Union des Artistes Modernes. He produced gold and silver work in a minimalist style and revived the art of religious gold work. His sculptures include ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1 April 1897, in Paris.
Sculptor.
Jean Émile Louis de Vernon was a pupil of Jules Félix Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lefebvre. He also produced Art Deco jewellery. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris from 1922...
