SOM#058, Jean de Marco, Clown - Music and Drama, 1958
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Contact jwbirks@hotmail.com
From the collection of John Birks
Number Issued: 673 bronze
FROM THE ARTIST
It is common knowledge that a law of contrast governs everything on earth. Thus there is light, but with it is darkness also. And if rain falls it will be followed by sunshine. And sorrow by joy. If one see ugliness he will see beauty too. … Therefore, if hardship exists in life its counterpart could very well be ease or fun. So why not be happy for a moment and forget the former and contemplate the latter? In this frame of mind I planned the subject matter of the medal I had originally intended to be a small bas-relief.
Of all the subjects I could have chosen to express the idea (having from my childhood always like clowns because they are colorful and are full of fun) I decided to make one of them for the obverse face of the medal and made it look as merry as I could. I had a fine time and enjoyed doing it, and my only wish is that those who will own the medal may like and enjoy it and share the fun in possessing it as much as I enjoyed doing it. If this should happen, I should be very happy.
The reverse side of the medal depicts Music and Drama – two facets of life closely related to each other by law of contrast. For music is a source of pleasure and drama a source of suffering and together these two elements embody the very essence of life itself. -- Jean De Marco
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born: Paris, son of Antonio and Mariangela Bordone de Marco. Came to this country an emigrant in November 1928. Became naturalized in 1944.
Associate of the National Academy of Design. Fellow of the National Sculpture Society.
AWARDS
Won National Sculpture competition for High relief 7’ by 11’6” for the façade of the War Department Building, Washington, D. C. “Saltus Gold medal for Artistic Merits” from National Academy of Design, New York. “Herbert Adams Memorial Medal,” Louis Bennet, Lindsey Morris Memorial Prizes, from National Sculpture Society. “Gold Medal of Sculpture” from Architectural League of New York. Grant and citation from National Institute of Arts and Letters. “Medal of Merit” from American Academy of Arts and Letters. Joseph Mayer Prize, from Audubon Artists Society. Silver Medal, from New Rochelle Art Association. Honorable Mentions: from Architectural League of New York, Audubon Artists Society, Sculpture Competitions.
EXECUTED COMMISSIONS
High relief for Weldon, N. C. Post Office. High relief for Danville, Pa. Post Office in aluminum. Two Heroic size portrait medallions in marble of “Saint Louis, the King of France” and “Moses” for the Chamber, House of Congress, Capitol, Washington, D. C. Twelve high reliefs in limestone 7’ by 5’3” for the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception at Baltimore, Maryland. Life size statue in limestone of the Immaculate Conception for Mr. Chaucey Stillman’s estate at Amenia, New York. Two statues in marble “Staint Joseph” and “Sacred Heart” for House of Theology at Centerville, Ohio. Group “Pieta” in limestone as a Memorial to the Crimmins brothers, at the Howard Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana. Relief in walnut wood “Boniface Wimmer Memorial at the Crypt of Saint Joseph Archabbey,” Latrobe, Pa. West Coast War Memorial at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. Statue “Columbia Honoring Her Dead” 8’6” high, relief United states Coat of Arms, relief Pegasus and Pisces, two small reliefs – sprays of Laurel and Oak leaves (all in granite).
REPRESENTED
With Sculpture in private collections in France and Scotland, in the United States among which the one of Mr. John Lewis, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. With Prints printed from chased and burin engraved copper plates, at the Josselyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, and, Metropolitan Museum New York City.
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![SOM#058, Jean de Marco, Clown - Music and Drama, 1958
Contact [email]jwbirks@hotmail.com[/email][/b]
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number Issued: 673 bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
It is common knowledge that a law of contrast governs everything on earth. Thus there is light, but with it is darkness also. And if rain falls it will be followed by sunshine. And sorrow by joy. If one see ugliness he will see beauty too. … Therefore, if hardship exists in life its counterpart could very well be ease or fun. So why not be happy for a moment and forget the former and contemplate the latter? In this frame of mind I planned the subject matter of the medal I had originally intended to be a small bas-relief.
Of all the subjects I could have chosen to express the idea (having from my childhood always like clowns because they are colorful and are full of fun) I decided to make one of them for the obverse face of the medal and made it look as merry as I could. I had a fine time and enjoyed doing it, and my only wish is that those who will own the medal may like and enjoy it and share the fun in possessing it as much as I enjoyed doing it. If this should happen, I should be very happy.
The reverse side of the medal depicts Music and Drama – two facets of life closely related to each other by law of contrast. For music is a source of pleasure and drama a source of suffering and together these two elements embody the very essence of life itself. -- Jean De Marco
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Born: Paris, son of Antonio and Mariangela Bordone de Marco. Came to this country an emigrant in November 1928. Became naturalized in 1944.
Associate of the National Academy of Design. Fellow of the National Sculpture Society.
AWARDS
Won National Sculpture competition for High relief 7’ by 11’6” for the façade of the War Department Building, Washington, D. C. “Saltus Gold medal for Artistic Merits” from National Academy of Design, New York. “Herbert Adams Memorial Medal,” Louis Bennet, Lindsey Morris Memorial Prizes, from National Sculpture Society. “Gold Medal of Sculpture” from Architectural League of New York. Grant and citation from National Institute of Arts and Letters. “Medal of Merit” from American Academy of Arts and Letters. Joseph Mayer Prize, from Audubon Artists Society. Silver Medal, from New Rochelle Art Association. Honorable Mentions: from Architectural League of New York, Audubon Artists Society, Sculpture Competitions.
EXECUTED COMMISSIONS
High relief for Weldon, N. C. Post Office. High relief for Danville, Pa. Post Office in aluminum. Two Heroic size portrait medallions in marble of “Saint Louis, the King of France” and “Moses” for the Chamber, House of Congress, Capitol, Washington, D. C. Twelve high reliefs in limestone 7’ by 5’3” for the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception at Baltimore, Maryland. Life size statue in limestone of the Immaculate Conception for Mr. Chaucey Stillman’s estate at Amenia, New York. Two statues in marble “Staint Joseph” and “Sacred Heart” for House of Theology at Centerville, Ohio. Group “Pieta” in limestone as a Memorial to the Crimmins brothers, at the Howard Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana. Relief in walnut wood “Boniface Wimmer Memorial at the Crypt of Saint Joseph Archabbey,” Latrobe, Pa. West Coast War Memorial at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. Statue “Columbia Honoring Her Dead” 8’6” high, relief United states Coat of Arms, relief Pegasus and Pisces, two small reliefs – sprays of Laurel and Oak leaves (all in granite).
REPRESENTED
With Sculpture in private collections in France and Scotland, in the United States among which the one of Mr. John Lewis, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. With Prints printed from chased and burin engraved copper plates, at the Josselyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, and, Metropolitan Museum New York City.
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Contact [email]jwbirks@hotmail.com[/email][/b]
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number Issued: 673 bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
It is common knowledge that a law of contrast governs everything on earth. Thus there is light, but with it is darkness also. And if rain falls it will be followed by sunshine. And sorrow by joy. If one see ugliness he will see beauty too. … Therefore, if hardship exists in life its counterpart could very well be ease or fun. So why not be happy for a moment and forget the former and contemplate the latter? In this frame of mind I planned the subject matter of the medal I had originally intended to be a small bas-relief.
Of all the subjects I could have chosen to express the idea (having from my childhood always like clowns because they are colorful and are full of fun) I decided to make one of them for the obverse face of the medal and made it look as merry as I could. I had a fine time and enjoyed doing it, and my only wish is that those who will own the medal may like and enjoy it and share the fun in possessing it as much as I enjoyed doing it. If this should happen, I should be very happy.
The reverse side of the medal depicts Music and Drama – two facets of life closely related to each other by law of contrast. For music is a source of pleasure and drama a source of suffering and together these two elements embody the very essence of life itself. -- Jean De Marco
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Born: Paris, son of Antonio and Mariangela Bordone de Marco. Came to this country an emigrant in November 1928. Became naturalized in 1944.
Associate of the National Academy of Design. Fellow of the National Sculpture Society.
AWARDS
Won National Sculpture competition for High relief 7’ by 11’6” for the façade of the War Department Building, Washington, D. C. “Saltus Gold medal for Artistic Merits” from National Academy of Design, New York. “Herbert Adams Memorial Medal,” Louis Bennet, Lindsey Morris Memorial Prizes, from National Sculpture Society. “Gold Medal of Sculpture” from Architectural League of New York. Grant and citation from National Institute of Arts and Letters. “Medal of Merit” from American Academy of Arts and Letters. Joseph Mayer Prize, from Audubon Artists Society. Silver Medal, from New Rochelle Art Association. Honorable Mentions: from Architectural League of New York, Audubon Artists Society, Sculpture Competitions.
EXECUTED COMMISSIONS
High relief for Weldon, N. C. Post Office. High relief for Danville, Pa. Post Office in aluminum. Two Heroic size portrait medallions in marble of “Saint Louis, the King of France” and “Moses” for the Chamber, House of Congress, Capitol, Washington, D. C. Twelve high reliefs in limestone 7’ by 5’3” for the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception at Baltimore, Maryland. Life size statue in limestone of the Immaculate Conception for Mr. Chaucey Stillman’s estate at Amenia, New York. Two statues in marble “Staint Joseph” and “Sacred Heart” for House of Theology at Centerville, Ohio. Group “Pieta” in limestone as a Memorial to the Crimmins brothers, at the Howard Hall, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana. Relief in walnut wood “Boniface Wimmer Memorial at the Crypt of Saint Joseph Archabbey,” Latrobe, Pa. West Coast War Memorial at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. Statue “Columbia Honoring Her Dead” 8’6” high, relief United states Coat of Arms, relief Pegasus and Pisces, two small reliefs – sprays of Laurel and Oak leaves (all in granite).
REPRESENTED
With Sculpture in private collections in France and Scotland, in the United States among which the one of Mr. John Lewis, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. With Prints printed from chased and burin engraved copper plates, at the Josselyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, and, Metropolitan Museum New York City.
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