Armand Godard
Armand Godard was a French sculptor of Art Deco .
Life
The dates of Godard's life are not known in the literature. He made numerous chryselephantine statuettes made of bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style for the Edmond Etling fine art foundry, among others .
In the 1920s and 1930s he exhibited in Paris at the salons of the Société des Artistes Français . At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 , he showed a 4.5 meter high monumental statue and a patinated plaster sculpture.
Works (selection)
- Place Saint Marc
- La Liseuse
- Danseuse Orientale
- Danseuse à la bulle
- Epreuve
- Une danseuse russe , 1925
- Danseuse orientale
- Danseuse au cerceau , 1920
- Une femme assise au drapé , 1925
- La fumeuse
- Encantador de serpientes
- Deux élégantes lisant
- Femme au levrier
- Enfants jouant avec un bouc
- Danceuse au cerceau , 1925
- Charme de l'Orient
literature
- Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, 2016. ISBN 1-85149-824-9 . P. 104.
- Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures . Baron Publishing, 1978. p. 157.
- Eric Knowles : Art Deco . Shire Collections, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. ISBN 0-74781-521-6 . P. 6.
- Victor Arwas : Art deco sculpture. Academy Editions, 1992. p. 100.
- Collection of Art Deco Chryselephantine sculptures. Demetre Chiparus, Ferdinand Preis, Armand Godard, Gustav Schmidtcassel, Otto Poertzel, Ernst Seger . Nagel 2007. 22 pp.
Web links
- Armand Godard (French) . In: artnet , with images of Godard's work.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godard, Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |