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MARCEL RENARD

Renard, Marcel, Claude-Victor Lyons, August 5, 1893 – March 15, 1974, Paris Sculptor and medallist Residence: 98, Blvd des Batignolles, 75017, Paris

- Pupil at the School of Fine Arts, Lyons, then the National School of Fine Arts, Paris (atelier of Jean Boucher and Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey.)

- Winner of the Gold Medal of the Institute of the Society of French Artists in 1934.

- First Second Grand Rome Prize in Medal engraving, 1923.

- Expositions at the Salon of French Artists (Medal of Honor), the Salon of the Tuileries, and the Salon of Artist Decorators.

- Participation in international exhibitions: Cairo, Liège, Madrid, London, Rome, Stockholm.

Sculptures in Lyons:

-    Monument to Anatole France (Parc of the Tête d’Or, île.) -	The Defeated Athlete, Bicycle track at the Tête d’Or (stone.) -	Fountain Camille Roy, Garden of the Chartreux (Michel Roux-Spitz, architect.) -	Great bas relief of the history of Lyons from Emperor Claude onward, the Lyçée Lumière, bd. Des Etats-Unis, Roux-Spitz, architect + Fountain: Mermaid and Fish, Pierre Châtelain, architect. -	Bas Reliefs for the Central Post Office, Lyons, Place A. Poncet n°9 (placed on each side of the main entrance.) Architect, Michel Roux-Spitz. -	La Belle Cordière (poetess), The Louise Labé Professional School. Architect, Pierre Bornarel. -	4 Monumental Reliefs for the Kitchener Bridge, placed on the central pylon supports. Architect, Mogaray. -	Key Arch in Stone, ornament for the passageway of the High School. Architect Trévoux -	Monument: Hommage of Thanks to the Swiss Nation, stone, situated at Ecully (69.) -	Universal Science, bas relief in stone, above the great door of Récamier College (Perrache.) -	Bas relief decorating the Restaurant, Berrier –Millet, Lyons (in collaboration with the sculptor Alfred Janniot.) -	Bas relief decorating the brasserie Thomassin, Lyons (Faune with a Tambourine. Woman with a Veil.) -	Bas relief decorating the Majestic Cinema. -	Bust of Nizier de Puitspelu (commissioned by the city of Lyons.) -	The Jubilee of President Herriot, for 25 Years of Municipale Service, Lyons. -	Monument to the paleontologist, Depéret (Faculty of Sciences) Lyons.

Sculptures elsewhere in France:

-	Hotel of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Paris. -	The Professional School of Limoges. Architect, Roux-Spitz. -	High School Le Hénin Liétard, Pas-de-Calais. Architect : Feuillastre. -	Bas Relief, The Apprentice Center of the Technical High School of Menival, Montpellier. -	The Water Bearer, stone. Barentin. -	The High School of Lens, Pas-de-Calais. Architect, Feuillastre. -	Bas Reliefs in Granite, High School Kerichen, Brest. Architect, Mathon. -	Fountain with a Group of Dolphins, Cité Technique, Strasbourg. Architect, Feuillastre. -	Memorial to the Escadrille Lafayette. Marnes la Coquette. Architect, A. Narcel. -	Fresco – Faculty of Medecine. Clermont-Ferrand.

Sculpture in Belgium:

American Eagle. Great relief on the façade of the United States Embassy in Brussels.

'''Medals: ''' Renard’s medallic art is extensive, and worthy of a separate study. He is considered by historians of the French Museum System to be one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century French School. The list that follows is a partial listing.

-	Cities: Paris, Lyon, Valence, Limoges, Aix-les-Bains, Liége (Belgium 1936). -	The General Council of the Rhône – the Department of the Rhône. -	-	For the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique: the luxury ocean liners, Île de France, Flandre and Colombie. -	The centenary medal for the Copagnie Générale Transatlantique. -	SNCF (the French Railroad System): Electrification of the line Paris-Lyon. -	Commemorative medal for the Grand Canal of Alsace at Kembs. -	Medal for the French Olympic Committee. -	For the S.N.C.A.S.O.: medal for the breaking of the sound barrier by the aircraft, Vautour (Toulouse.)

The International Exposition of Arts and Technique, Paris 1937. The Francis Bouygues Company. The Paris Fair. The Film Company, Minerva. Commemoration of the Centennary of Délainage de Mazamet. The Lorraine Construction Company of Saint Eloy. Electrical Energy of the Rhine (octogonal.) Foster Wheeler, France. The National Hydraulic Laboratory of Chatou. The Motor Power Society of Châtelets. The Director’s Union of Printers on Textile of the South East. Electric Construction of Nancy. « Fidelity » for the company Grégoire et Barillaud. Dam of the Chatelat on the Saône River. Congress of the FIDEM. The Strasbourg Society of Combustibles. The Society of French Artists (gold medal.) The appliance company, Arthur Martin. Commerce.

Ocean Liners:

L’Ile de France. Le Flandre. Le Colombie. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

- 	Rivers: The Rhône, the Rhine, the Seine, the Loire, the Garonne, the Meuse, the Doubs, the Saône

-	Seas: The Atlantic Ocean, The English Channel, the Mediterranean. Service of Lighthouses and Buoys. -	 Medal of Identity for the Senate, 1968. -	Medal of Saint Hugues of the Great Chartreuse (commemoration of the 900th anniversary of its founding.) -	Notable Citizens (portraits): Professor Leriche, Professor Weill, The paleontologist Dupéret, Jubilee of President Edouard Henriot, General De Benedetti, Alphonse Bertillon, Jamati, the count d’Artagnan, Count Hilaire du Chardonnet, member of the French Institut; Alphonse Bertillon, ethnographer; Henri Prost, architecte

-	Decorative plaquettes (bronze): The First Communion, The Pianist, The Folies, Faune with a Tamborine, The Necklace, Woman with doves, Woman with a Harp, etc. etc.

Editions of the above medals, portraits and plaquettes were produced in bronze or silver by the Paris Mint.

Museum: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon Victoria & Albert Museum, London Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel d’Ile de France

Marcel Renard was Secretary General of the National Syndicat of Sculptors from 1965 through 1968, and former Vice-President of the Group Paris-Lyons.