Jean Verschneider

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Jean Verschneider (* 1872 in Lyon , France , † 1943 ) was a French sculptor .

Life

Monument made by Verschneider to the athletes who gave their lives for the French fatherland, located in the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Saint-Cloud , inaugurated in 1922.

Verschneider was a student of the sculptors Jacques Perrin and Jean-Antoine Injalbert . He exhibited at the salons of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris and became a member of the society in 1908. In 1909 he received an honorable mention here .

Arthur Goldscheider showed his bronze sculptures in the Art Deco style entitled Le Saut and Le leçon at the Salon of 1923. In 1925, Verschneider worked for the Goldscheider company and belonged to the artist groups La Stèle and L'Evolution , which Goldscheider had set up .

Works (selection)

  • Dompteur de lion , also called Entrer dans l'arène .
  • Vive l'Empereur!
  • Jeunesse dans le combat avec l'aigle
  • Theater
  • L'effort
  • La frontière ou France
  • La marchande d'oranges
  • La vendeuse de fries
  • Paysage valloné
  • Épée d'ange
  • Saut de haie féminin , 1920
  • Femme fatale
  • Jeune garçon et chimpanzé
  • Promethée
  • Ganymède
  • Perseus
  • Mercurial
  • Metal vase with jellyfish pattern in dinanderie technique.

literature

  • Alastair Duncan: Art Deco Complete. The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s. Thames & Hudson, 2009. ISBN 0-50023-855-3 . P. 529.
  • Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures . Baron Publishing, 1978. p. 327.
  • Harold Berman: Bronzes. Sculptors & founders, 1800-1930. Volume 3. Abage, 1974. p. 566.

Web links

Commons : Jean Verschneider  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . Entry VERSCHNEIDER, Jean . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
  2. ^ Waltraud Neuwirth: Wiener Keramik. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco. Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1974. pp. 44, 75.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Alastair Duncan : The Encyclopedia of Art Deco . Knickerbocker Press, 1998. ISBN 1-57715-046-5 . P. 35.
personal data
SURNAME Verschneider, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon , France
DATE OF DEATH 1943