Paul Philippe
(1870-1930)
Paul Philippe was born in Thorn in Poland in 1870 and studied at studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin before moving to Paris, France in circa 1900 where he soon lived at Charcoal, an artists colony at the foot of Montmartre. Philippe then studied under Antonin Larroux (French figural sculptor 1859-1937) at the École des Beaux-Arts. Philippe developed his hallmark blend of Art Nouveau-Art Deco sculptures of exotic women in alluring poses after finishing school. From 1902 to 1909 he exhibited at the salons of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris.
Example of a Philippe Signature on a bronze figure available at Jacksons Antique
In 1907 he exhibited his sculpture Le Réveil (In 1909 he showed this figure made of bronze, marble and ivory with the title Farniente (Slothing) and a group made of bronze, marble and ivory with the name Grâce et Force (Grazie and Force), both of which had been handcrafted by the picture foundry Arthur Goldscheider. Philippe used a combinations of foundries during his career including Les Neveux de Jules Lehmann, Rosenthal & Maeder (R.U.M), Preiss-Kassler and Goldscheider. The artist’s work was widely appreciated before his mysterious death in 1930 in an undocumented location in France.
