"Jacques Birr Painted Plaster Medallion "embodying The Entire Universe By Defying The Animal""
Jacques BIRR (20th century) Painted plaster medallion "Embodying the entire universe by defying the animal" Signed at the bottom Diameter: 28 cm Jacques Birr (1920 - 2012) is a contemporary animal painter and lithographer. A former chemical engineer, he is a knight of the Legion of Honor, knight of the National Order of Merit and knight of Arts and Letters. He also practices drawing and sculpture. The Monnaie de Paris dedicated a major retrospective to him in 1997 entitled "The Eye and Life". 
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