Gustave Michel

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.

Works

Pont de Bir-Hakeim group

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.

• 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.

References

1. L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1909). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume 4. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 66.
2. L. Forrer, Michel, Gustave (1930). Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume 8. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 58.

• 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