Gustave Frédéric Michel (1851–1924) was a French sculptor, and medallist,^[1][2] according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first decades of this (twentieth) century in France," although virtually unknown today. He also taught sculpture; among his pupils was the American Edith Howland.^[3]

Works

• Monument commemorating the French Revolution, Châtellerault (Vienna), 1890
• two figural groups on the supports of Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, circa 1900
• Monument to Jules Ferry and Autumn, the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, 1910
• 1924 Medal Occupation of the Ruhr.

Gallery

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  La Pensée (1896), Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
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  Dreaming (1897), Luxembourg Museum in Paris.^[4]
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  Sculpture group (c. 1900), Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris.
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  Ruhr Occupation, French Art Medal 1924 by Michel. Obverse: Female r. playing a natural trumpet.
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  Ruhr Occupation, French Art Medal 1924 by Michel. Reverse: The devil riding on a unicycle l., and playing a French horn.