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Beaux Arts Furniture

BEAUX ARTS STYLE

Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.

Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.

Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.

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Style: Beaux Arts
"Giuditta" by Ezio Ceccarelli, Italy, Circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Great female statue of Judith in bronze with brown patina and white marble from Carrara. This young woman holds in her hands, stretched over his head, a scimitar in its scabbard, re...
Category

Early 1900s Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze

Life Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
By Antonio Tantardini 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib...
Category

1860s Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Carrara Marble

A Pair French 19th Century Bronze Nude Maidens Torchere, Carrier-Belleuse Attr.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine and monumental pair of French 19th century patinated bronze figural torchere sculptures titled "La Nuit" (The Night) attributed to Albert Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-188...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe a Large Oil on Canvas "the Sewing Room"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...
Category

19th Century Danish Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Hans Zatzka a Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Flowers of the Alps"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a superb quality oil on canvas titled "Flowers of the Alps" ("Blumen der Alpen") Depicting young standing and posing young maiden holding a wicker b...
Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood

Italian 19th-20th Century Marble Group "Allegory to Music" Children's Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Italian 19th-20th century Carrara marble group "Allegory to Music" depicting five Bacchic putti musicians playing various instruments. The finely carved Palatia...
Category

Early 1900s Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Carrara Marble

Paul Gauguin Self Portrait
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Gauguin (French 1848 - 1903) Recto and Verso sketches Self-Portrait Recto with Portrait of a Woman on Verso. (One sheet). Self portrait shows Gauguin’s profile with eyes gazing...
Category

1870s French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Paper

Large Glazed Stoneware Screen Composed of 84 Modular Elements, Anne Barrès, 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large glazed stoneware screen composed of 84 modular elements by Anne Barrès. 2010. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors and outdoors. H : 95.5’ x 93.7’ inches (claustr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Metal

A magnificent pair of free standing female figurative patinated bronze torchère 
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A magnificent and large pair of free standing female figurative patinated bronze torchère  Made in France over 100 years ago in the Renaissance revival style, that was popular durin...
Category

Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Granchio Minibar Designed by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Minibar inspired by a crab drawing designed by the 5 years old Laura's son. The minibar is figuring a crab standing on his legs dress with a precious wood marquetry ( tamo, bramble of madrone, bramble of poplar). The cabinet is composed with two upholstered drawers...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Maison Jansen french chandelier in rock cristal, glass and metal circa 1930
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Maison Jansen chandelier in rock cristal, glass and metal circa 1930 with drops and flowers.
Category

1930s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Rock Crystal, Metal

Large Porcelain Biscuit Screen with Four Adjustable Leaves, Anne Barrès, 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large porcelain biscuit screen with four adjustable leaves by Anne Barrès. Artist signature on the back. circa 2010. Unique piece. Patinated metal structure. H : 76.6’ x 24.8’ x 3.5...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Metal

Antique Metallic Silver and Rose Turkish Kayseri Silk Area Rug
Located in New York, NY
Pristine and finely woven antique metallic Kayseri silk carpet from the 1940s Turkey measuring: 7.2 x 10.3 ft. Provence: Christie's Auction House, New Yo...
Category

1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silk

Antique Metallic Silver Rose Floral Turkish Kaysari Silk Carpet, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Pristine and finely woven stunning antique Kaysari silk carpet from the 1940s Turkey measuring 7.1 x 10.6 ft.
Category

1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silk

Mélos Brass Coffee Table by French Design Studio Monogram
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Mélos brass coffee table. Dimensions: W 105 x D 120 x H 20 cm. Materials: Aluminium, Lacquered MDF. Numbered limited edition. As a tribute to the 70s, the Melos table is meant ...
Category

2010s Moroccan Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Brass

Stoneware Bench or Coffee Table by Maarten Stuer, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engobed stoneware bench by Maarten Stuer. Artist signature under the base. 2023. H : 80.1’ x 23.4’ x 17.1’ inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Large Italian Bronze and Crystal Chandeliers with 20 Lights
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and large-shaped crystals that are very clear with 12 lights on the perimeter of the well shaped frame. Scrolling arms And 6 up lights and one down light at the crown. Spir...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Clock Frame from Original Penn Station Train Waiting Room, 6-ft diameter, c 1910
By Stanford White
Located in Madison, WI
Clock frame from the original Penn Train Station Waiting Room in New York City, circa 1910. The Penn Station Clock, with its significant 6-foot diameter, was suspended above the frenzied crowds in the waiting room. And became a popular rendezvous location through the years for millions of travelers, warriors, lovers and friends. A movie "The Clock" (1945) showcased these rendezvous and the dramas that ensued. Penn Station, the building that housed the clock, is considered a magnum opus of the 20th century. A magnificent example of the Beaux-Art style. Its demolition to the ground beginning in 1963 created an uproar of anger and disbelief, sending shockwaves through the city and the world. "When the Old Penn Station Was Demolished, New York Lost Its Faith."--The New York Times declared. And lost most of the precious artifacts from the building, trucked to landfills or taken home by those working the site. The Penn Station clock disappeared. Until now. The Penn Station clock frame, forged in iron, its roman numerals hammered out on an anvil, represents an American icon of illustrious provenance and backstory. In famous photos of the old Waiting Room, the clock stands out as a beacon suspended beneath the vaulting, 138-foot high ceiling. More than a 100 years old, 60 of those in obscurity, this is one of a few prominent architectural elements to have survived the demolition of the monumental Pennsylvania Station...
Category

Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Iron

Unique Ceramic "Claustra" or Screen by Denis Castaing, 2019
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional ceramic "Claustra" or screen with brown glaze decoration by Denis Castaing. This claustra is composed of 40 pieces and 5 metal structures. Each piece is signed. This p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Oil Painting of ‘The Skating Party’ by Louis Béroud
Located in London, GB
Depicts a white and grey winter landscape with figures ice skating and watching standing in the snow, under a set of tall trees. The swept gilt framed oil on canvas is signed, lower left. French Sight Size: H: 25 in / 64 cm W: 20.5 in / 52 cm Louis Béroud...
Category

19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Antique Persian Rust Green Tabriz Silk Rug with Birds and Animals, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Tabriz is Iran's second oldest city, and was the earliest capital of the Safavid dynasty. The city has been the foremost Persian rug production town since the 15th Century and the ce...
Category

1940s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silk

Yellow glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Yellow glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour. Artist signature under the base. 2023. Unique piece. H : 73.2’ x 19.6’ x 21.2’ inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Exceptional Ceramic Wall by Denis Castaing, Composed of 19 Pieces, 2017
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional ceramic wall decoration by Denis Castaing composed of 19 pieces. Unique piece. Perfect original conditions. Signed and sold with a “Certificate of Authenticity”, 2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Four Bronze Classical Style Musical Putti or Cherub Garden Statuary
Located in Westport, CT
Bronze musical Putti or Cherub garden statues set of four, with original patina, whimsical classical 1930s. Measurement of 13 equals the base, the...
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Bronze

"Commerce and Industry", Beaux Arts/Art Deco Allegorical Mural w/ Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of allegorical mural painting, this large piece by Edward Holslag features a central winged figure holding a reflective orb, flanked by two nude or semi-nude male ...
Category

1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Paint

Large Glazed Stoneware Screen with Four Leaves, Anne Barrès, circa 2000-2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large glazed stoneware screen with four leaves by Anne Barrès. Artist signature under the base. Circa 2000-2010. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors or outdoors. H : 75.2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Metal

Ceramic Sculpture Entitled "Déchainée" by Pierre Martinon, circa 2009
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware sculpture entitled « Déchainée » with black metallic glaze by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 2009". Uniqu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture "Succulente" by Laurent Dufour, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Succulente, 2023 by Laurent Dufour Glazed stoneware. Unique piece. Signed at the base. This piece can be put indoor and outdoor.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 1989
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 1989. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 1989
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 1989. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 1997
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 1997. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture " Renard Aux Masques " by Laurent Dufour, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Renard aux masques, 2022 by Laurent Dufour Glazed stoneware. Unique piece. Signed at the base. This piece is in three parts. This piece can't be put indoor.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Lifesize Pair of Original French Bronze Sculptures of Herons- Moigniez
Located in New York City, NY
This important and unusual pair of life size French 19th century Blue Herons are realistically depicted with the two birds foraging in their natural environment. One large Heron is h...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Bronze

K-OVER Champagne, THE KISS, silver 999/°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
THE KISS : Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric th...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silver

"Crest of the Wave" Sculpture by Harriet Frishmuth
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Rare bronze "Crest of the Wave" (1925) Beaux Arts style nude sculpture by Harriet W. Frishmuth and produced by Gorham Co. Founders. Signed.
Category

1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Paolo Di Ferdinando Triscornia
Located in New York, NY
La Chasseresse Indienne, The Indian Huntress by Paolo Di Ferdinando Triscornia (Italian, 1856-1936) , after Charles Cumberworth white marble, signed Paolo Triscornia / F H 34 in. (8...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Marble

K-OVER Champagne, RUBY, silver 999/°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
RUBY : Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric that m...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silver

Amor seated on a panther, Antoine Durenne (1822-1895), late 19th century
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Sommevoire France, 1880-1885, cast-iron This cast-iron statue was made by Antoine Durenne in the late 19th century. Durenne got his education at l’Ecole des Arts et Metiers in Angers and at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He graduated in 1842 and in 1847 he bought a small foundry in the picturesque village of Sommevoire. He is best known for his animal sculptures. Nowadays his work can still be admired in public spaces, like parks. This statue shows Cupid seated on a panther. Cupid, son of Venus and god of love, can be recognized by his arrows and wings. The same statue was placed in Blossac Park (French: Parc de Blossac), a historic private garden and now a public park, in Poitiers, France. Between the years 1880 and 1885 Durenne made sculptures of nymphs...
Category

1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Iron

Late 19th C. Antique Floral Turkish Kaysari Silk & Metallic Thread Tapestry Rug
Located in New York, NY
This is a pristine and finely woven stunning antique Floral Turkish Kaysari silk & metallic thread tapestry c. 1880-1900, hand woven in Turkey measuring 4.3 x 6.1 ft. This is a wall ...
Category

1890s Turkish Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Antique Pale Blue Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in New York, NY
Pale watery blue tightly woven early 20th century Persian Tabriz rug. Measures: 9'5'' x 12'10''.
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Wool

Important Glazed Stoneware Sculpture Entitled « Flétrie », Anne Barrès, 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « Flétrie » by Anne Barrès. circa 2010. Unique piece. Can be displayed both indoors and outdoors. H : 32.7’ x 33.8’ x 28.7’ inches...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Metal

Exceptional Wall Ceramic Installation by Cathy Coëz, circa 2009
By Cathy Coëz
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional wall ceramic installation by Cathy Coëz. This installation is composed of 217 pieces. This piece was exhibited at the Art Decorat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

K-OVER Champagne, WOOD IN AUTUMN, silver 999/°°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
AUTUMN FOREST : Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabr...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silver

K-OVER Champagne, DIEGO, silver 999/°°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
DIEGO : Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric that ...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silver

Glazed Stoneware Sculpture Entitled «L’éffondrée Bleue», Anne Barrès, circa 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « L’éffondrée bleue » by Anne Barrès. circa 2010. Unique piece. H : 22.4’ x 25.6’ x 27.5’ inches. Approximates dimensions.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

K-OVER Champagne, EMERALD, silver 999/°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
EMERALD : Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the more common glacette. The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric tha...
Category

2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Silver

Remo Mario Trentini Reverse Oil on Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning piece of original and highly desirable fine art, namely Remo Mario Trentini reverse oil on glass of a Parisienne picnic and rivers...
Category

20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Glass

Guimauve Console Gouged by Hand Designed by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Five legged console table in red tinted walnut completely gouged by hand.
Category

2010s French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Glazed Stoneware Table with Geometric Decoration by Jean-Pierre Viot, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic coffee table with abstract glaze decoration by Jean-Pierre Viot, 2023. Signature under the base. Unique piece. H : 13’8 x 31’5 x 70'9 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2006
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2006. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2018. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Mélos Aluminum Coffee Table by French Design Studio Monogram
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Mélos aluminum coffee table Dimensions: W 105 x D 120 x H 20 cm Materials: Aluminum, Lacquered MDF Numbered limited edition As a tribute to the 70s, the Melos table is meant to...
Category

2010s Moroccan Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Sculpture Entitled "La Citadelle" by Pierre Martinon, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « La Citadelle » by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 2000". Unique piece. Far from...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Painting by Marcel Delmotte Entitled "Le dialogue du silence", 1979
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A painting by Marcel Delmotte entitled "Le Dialogue du silence". Unique piece. Good conditions. Sold with the original frame, 1979. Dimensions : Without frame / 90 x 120 cm / 3...
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Paint

Circa 1910 French Beaux-Arts Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Circa 1910 French Beaux-Arts gilt bronze chandelier. Finely cast French bronze chandelier in the fashion of Louis XV. This wonderful chandelier has a large cut crystal center b...
Category

1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Sumptuous Tiffany Wine Cooler in Beaux-Arts Olympian Pattern
By F. Antoine Heller, Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Olympian sterling silver wine cooler. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Round with gently tapering sides and three reeded c-scroll handles with leaf mounts and caps. Foot ring...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Louis Auguste Hiolin Bronze Titled “Au Loup” Loup
By Louis Auguste Hiolin
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
A patinated figural bronze statue (“Chase the Wolf”), by French artist Louis Auguste Hiolin (1846-1912). The sculpture depicts a young shepherd an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture

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Bronze

Jacques Martin Ferrieres Le Marche D'Assise, 1927
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) Le marché d'Assise, 1927 A warm gathering at the beginning of the last century at a mountain top courtya...
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1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture

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Paint

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