Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16 17 Apr 2018
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Commemorative Medals, Foreign Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, 'Vive Bourgogne', 1904-1911, 1915-1919, massive bronze medal, 1929, a sommelier to l., tastes the wine, rev. the grape harvest, 109.5mm., numbered 114 on edge (Bouchard, back cover), good very fine
Bouchard trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris and, in 1901, won the Grand Prix de Rome. In 1910 he was appointed professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. After the Second World War he was accused of collaboration with the Nazis for having accepted an invitation from Goebbels to tour Nazi Germany with a group of French artists. His studio in the rue de l'Yvette was for some time a museum, but its entire contents have now been transferred to the Musée de La Piscine in Roubaix.
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Bouchard trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris and, in 1901, won the Grand Prix de Rome. In 1910 he was appointed professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. After the Second World War he was accused of collaboration with the Nazis for having accepted an invitation from Goebbels to tour Nazi Germany with a group of French artists. His studio in the rue de l'Yvette was for some time a museum, but its entire contents have now been transferred to the Musée de La Piscine in Roubaix.
(60-80 GBP)