Academy of Fine Arts - Lot 246

Lot n° 246
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Academy of Fine Arts - Lot 246
Academy of Fine Arts Amazing sword of academician of Mr. Charles KUNSTLER (Pissos, 1887 - Paris, 1977) Elected to the Academy of Fine Arts in 1954 Heavy gilded bronze frame, chased and engraved. Spindle with four sides. Pommel decorated with a frieze of wolf's teeth and chevrons mixed, enamelled black. It is signed, on the back of the quillons, "Arthus Bertrand Edit." on the left and "Quinqaud Sc." on the right, representing, from the front, the profile of "Queen Marie-Antoinette", from the back, the profile of "Watteau", on the sides, on the right in a banner, "François Villon", on the left in a banner, "Empress Joséphine". Guard with two long inverted ribbon quillons, rolled up, chiseled with the inscriptions, in the center, "Marie Antoinette", on the right, "Fersen", on the left, "Gauguin". Mounted on a pyramidal base with a pattern decorated with striations and wolf's teeth on a black enamel background. Straight blade with four sides. Wooden scabbard covered with black granite morocco, with two large gilded brass fittings, with beads. Oval cap knob chased with the number "CK". Length : 93 cm. Very good condition. In a wooden case covered with black moire leather. = EXPERT : Jean-Claude DEY = 01 47 41 65 31 Charles Kunstler, (Pissos, 1887 - Paris, 1977). French art historian, historian and poet. Career: - 1905-1909. Studied law and medicine in Bordeaux. - 1909-1913. School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux. - 1913. Settled in Paris; participated in the Salon des Humoristes - 1943-1945. President, then honorary president of the Maison des Journalistes. - 1949-1957. President of the Syndicat de la Presse artistique française. - Member of the Pen-Club. - Member of the Société des Gens de Lettres (vice-president). Officer of the Legion of Honor; Croix de guerre 1914-1918; Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters; Military Medal. Elected, on June 16, 1954, free member of the Academy of Fine Arts, in the chair of Jean BOURGUIGNON (1956, section of free members). President for 1974. Anna Quinquaud, (Paris, 1890-Fontenay Trésigny, 1984), French sculptor. Became 1st great prize of Rome in 1924. Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1932.
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