Impressive early 20th Century Art Deco pair of bookends modelled in bronze with two muscular male athletes pushing hard against the shaped marble structure of the bookends. The bronze surface with excellent colour and very fine detail, signed E & H Gregoire on the marble surface
Height: 19 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Materials: Patinated Bronze and Breche Marble
Book Ref Art Deco and Other Figures by Bryan Catley
Émile Henri GRÉGOIRE (French, 1871-1948), specialised in genre sculpture working in Brossac France in the early 20th century. Gregoire was born in 1871, and was a French artist who studied under Dubois and Thomas. Won the Prix de Rome Medal in 1899. Famous for specialising in medals and plaques.
The Art Deco Period
The Art Deco Period: although Art Deco derives its name from the great 1925 Paris Exhibition, ‘L’Exposition Internatlionale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes’, the term is now generally applied to the typical artistic productions of the 1920’s and 1930’s. It might best be characterised as an attempt to unite arts with industry, embracing the machine age and repudiating the old antithesis of ‘Fine’ and ‘Industrial’ art. The sources of the Art Deco movement include Egyptian and Mayan Art, Cubisim, Fauvism and Expressionism, heavily influencing the chief force underlying all Art Deco with the emphasis upon geometric patterns.