French Antique Art Deco Bronze Wall Cross by Hartmann Crucifix, Christian Gift, Religious
A
French antique religious wall cross made of solid bronze. Jesus Christ
corpus is signed by the French artists Hartmann (1908-1994). This Art
Deco crucifix dates from the 1940's-1950's.
Jacques Hartmann
(1908-1994) and Suzanne Laurens (1904-2003) worked as a couple. Suzanne
Laurens was a student of Julio Vaz in Lisbon, of Teixeira Lopes in
Porto, then followed the courses of Pierre Sicard at the School of Fine
Arts in Paris. Jacques Hartmann trained with Paul Croix-Marie, restorer
of Gothic sculptures. Jacques and Suzanne met in Paris in 1931 and
married in 1933. That year, they participated in a competition organized
by the city of Lourdes, which wished to erect a monument to Bernadette
Soubirous. The Hartmanns won the first prize. The sculpture was made of
bronze. It will be placed in front of the hospice, at the foot of the
pool. Having noticed them, the bishop of Lourdes, Pierre-Marie Gerlier,
commissioned them in 1936 to create a statue of Bernadette for his
sanctuary: Bernadette with a lamb (in Carrara marble). It will be placed
along the Esplanade, surrounded by sheep a little unexpected. Suzanne
and Jacques Hartmann now work together on commission. They co-signed
their religious works in the Sulpician style as "J.S. Hartmann". The Hartmann sculpted marble, bronze and stone and made especially monumental religious statues. The
workshop in Allex: Thanks to the Fathers of the Holy Spirit of Allex
for whom they worked, the Hartmanns settled in this village in the Drôme
in 1940. In this workshop, they produce more than three hundred
sculptures in terracotta, stone, wood, bronze or reconstituted stone for
the whole world."
Please take a close look at the photos, they
are an integral part of the description. Good antique condition with
some normal signs of ages.
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