Lot 108: LUCIENNE ANTOINETTE HEUVELMANS (1885-1944) MADONNA

Lucienne Antoinette Heuvelmans (1885-1944), Madonna with child, circa 1930, executed in wood, signed on the base. Measures 3"x2"x9 1/2". Weight 14 oz. PROVENANCE: A Private NYC/ Charleston SC Estate Lucienne Heuvelmans (1885–1944) was a French sculptor and illustrator.She was born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris on December 25, 1881 or 1885, the daughter of Osval Heuvelmans, a designer and cabinetmaker from Ath, and Donatilde Sandra, a milliner from Leuze-en-Hainaut. These two cities in Hainaut, Belgium, still preserve works of the artist: a bronze Christ in the museum of history and archeology of Ath and a Pax Armata on the monument to the dead of Leuze. After attending evening classes in sculpture, Heuvelmans was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1904. She studied under the sculptors Laurent Marqueste, Emmanuel Hannaux and Denys Puech. After an unsuccessful bid in 1908,[2] receiving the first second Grand Prix in 1910, Heuvelmans became the first woman to win the Grande Prix de Rome for sculpture in July 1911 for her work, The Sister of Orestes Guarding Her Brother's Sleep. Admitted to the Villa Medici, she studied there from January 1912 to December 1914 under the direction of Albert Besnard. On her return to France, Heuvelmans was appointed professor of drawing in the schools of the City of Paris. She installed her studio on the ground floor and the mezzanine of 17, rue des Tournelles in the rear wing of the hotel de Rohan-Guémené. The hotel's main facade overlooks the Place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement. She regularly participated in exhibitions at the Salon des artistes français where she earned an honorable mention in 1907, then a bronze medal in 1921, and at the Salon des artistes decorateurs in the Grand Palais between 1926 and 1933. From 1924 to 1926, she completed commissions for the Manufacture de Sevres.On her return to France, Heuvelmans was appointed professor of drawing in the schools of the City of Paris. She installed her studio on the ground floor and the mezzanine of 17, rue des Tournelles in the rear wing of the hotel de Rohan-Guémené. The hotel's main facade overlooks the Place des Vosges in the 4th arrondissement. She regularly participated in exhibitions at the Salon des artistes français where she earned an honorable mention in 1907, then a bronze medal in 1921, and at the Salon des artistes décorateurs in the Grand Palais between 1926 and 1933. From 1924 to 1926, she completed commissions for the Manufacture de Sèvres.

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