Fernand David

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Fernand Jules David (born September 3, 1872 in Paris , † December 13, 1926 there ) was a French sculptor and medalist .

Life

Fernand David studied with Louis-Ernest Barrias , Jules Cavelier and Léon Fagel at the Paris School of Fine Arts. He exhibited his work from 1898 to 1914 at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français , where he received an honorable mention in 1899, a 3rd class medal in 1901 and a travel grant in 1904.

David belonged to the artist group La Stèle , founded by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) Arthur Goldscheider in the early 1920s with representatives of Art Deco , whose work Goldscheider exhibited in 1925 at the Paris Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern .

Works (selection)

Fernand David made his works out of terracotta and bronze.

  • Hôpital du Grand Palais , 1920, bas-relief, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , San Francisco, California
  • Medal , 1910, medal, The British Museum
  • Musique ou le Chant et l'Orchestre , 1898, bas-relief, Musée d'Orsay
  • Bain , bas-relief, Musée d'Orsay
  • Petite négresse , 1912, bust, Musée d'Orsay
  • Eugène Silvain , 1917, bust, Musée d'Orsay
  • Docteur A. , 1917, bust, Musée d'Orsay

literature

  • David, Fernand . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 24, Saur, Munich a. a. 1999, ISBN 3-598-22764-7 , p. 427.
  • Claude Roger-Marx: Fernand David. In: Art & Décoration, September 1920, pp. 85–92.
  • René Édouard-Joseph: Fernand David. In: Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains. Volume 1 (A – E), Art & Édition, 1930, p. 357.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fernand David. In: The British Museum
  2. ↑ Fernand David. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
  3. ↑ Notice Artiste n ° 10342. Fernand David. In: Musée d'Orsay
  4. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.
  5. ↑ DAVID, Fernand. Paris 1874 - Paris 1927. In: frenchsculpture.org
  6. ↑ Medal, Museum 1998,1013.1 number. In: The British Museum
  7. ↑ Fernand David. Amis de la médaille française. In: Musée d'Orsay
  8. ↑ Fernand David. Bain. In: Musée d'Orsay
  9. ↑ Fernand David. Petite négresse. In: Musée d'Orsay
  10. ↑ Fernand David. Eugène Silvain. In: Musée d'Orsay
  11. ↑ Fernand David, Désiré Godard. Docteur A. In: Musée d'Orsay
personal data
SURNAME David, Fernand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES David, Fernand Jules (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1926
Place of death Paris