Gustave Michel

Gustave Frédéric Michel (1851–1924) was a French sculptor, and medallist,^[1]^[2] according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first decades of this (twentieth) century in France," although virtually unknown today. He also taught sculpture; among his pupils was the American Edith Howland.^[3]

Works

Monument commemorating the French Revolution, Châtellerault (Vienna), 1890
two figural groups on the supports of Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, circa 1900
Monument to Jules Ferry and Autumn, the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, 1910
1924 Medal Occupation of the Ruhr.

Gallery

La Pensée (1896), Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
Dreaming (1897), Luxembourg Museum in Paris.^[4]
Sculpture group (c. 1900), Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris.
Ruhr Occupation, French Art Medal 1924 by Michel. Obverse: Female r. playing a natural trumpet.
Ruhr Occupation, French Art Medal 1924 by Michel. Reverse: The devil riding on a unicycle l., and playing a French horn.

References

^ L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1909). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. 4. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 66.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1930). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. 8. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, ed. 1911, vol. 24, pg. 510, Plate IX.

Monuments and Maidens: the Allegory of the Female Form, Marina Warner, Vintage, 1996

External links

Gustave Michel in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

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[1] L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1909). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. 4. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 66.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1930). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. 8. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[HellerHeller2013-3] Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.

[4] Encyclopædia Britannica, ed. 1911, vol. 24, pg. 510, Plate IX.

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