Rare Art Nouveau Medal in Bronze by Pierre Lenoir & Bijouterie Arthus Bertrand

Rare Art Nouveau Bronze Medal by Pierre Lenoir & Bijouterie Arthus Bertrand

Specifications 31.8 gr+- 41 mm+-

Pierre Lenoir

Pierre Lenoir, born Pierre Charles Eugène Lenoir on May 23, 1879 in Paris and died in the same city on September 9, 1953, is a French sculptor and medalist.

Pierre Lenoir is the son of the sculptor Charles Joseph Lenoir and Cécile Flore Thorel. He married the painter Mathilde Berthe Thorel, better known as Mathilde Lenoir.

He began his training at the Rennes School of Fine Arts, then continued at the Paris School of Fine Arts. He is the author of medals, memorials and busts.

He became director of the Rennes School of Fine Arts. In 1931, he was named knight of the Legion of Honor.

Pierre Lenoir died on September 9, 1953 and was buried in the Thorel family grave in Paris at the Père-Lachaise cemetery (90th division).

A commemorative plaque pays tribute to him in Paris, at no. 12 rue d'Auteuil, on the house he lived in between 1914 and 1936.


Arthus-Bertrand

Arthus-Bertrand (goldsmith, medalist, jeweler and jeweler) is a French company created in 1803 in Paris by Claude Arthus Bertrand.

She designs and creates jewelry, medals and civil and military decorations for France as well as foreign distinctions, orders and merits for other countries.

It provides the Legion of Honor medal and engraves the large necklace of the Legion of Honor worn by the presidents of the French Republic.

Arthus-Bertrand also manufactures academic swords, trophies, watches, jewelry and pieces of goldsmithing and uses historical manufacturing processes.

In 2016, 243 artisans worked in its production workshops in Anjou and Palaiseau.