Jean LAMBERT RUCKI CRUCIFIX in bronze cross on a rosewood base

Exquisite modernist bronze crucifix with a brown patina and a rosewood base.

Signed on the side: LAMBERT RUCKI

Total height: 33 cm (the age of Christ at his death—a coincidence??)
Dimensions of the bronze Christ: 17 x 16 cm
Dimensions of the base: 14 x 14 cm

Jean Lambert-Rucki was a painter and sculptor born on September 17, 1888, in Krakow, Poland.

He became a naturalized French citizen after World War I.

In February 1911, he settled in Paris and enrolled at the Académie Colarossi, where he associated with artists such as Modigliani, Soutine, Marc Chagall, and Fernand Léger.

Between 1920 and 1940, he worked for Jean Dunand.

In 1927, he married Léonie Bickel (1892-1975), the daughter of sculptor Victor Émile Bickel (1865-1937).

Initially drawn to Cubism, he turned to Surrealism in the 1930s.

In 1931, he joined the Union of Modern Artists, and in 1936...

He died on July 29, 1967, in Paris.

For any further information, please feel free to contact me.

Exquisite modernist bronze crucifix with a brown patina and a rosewood base.

Signed on the side: LAMBERT RUCKI

Total height: 33 cm (the age of Christ at his death—a coincidence??)
Dimensions of the bronze Christ: 17 x 16 cm
Dimensions of the base: 14 x 14 cm

Jean Lambert-Rucki was a painter and sculptor born on September 17, 1888, in Krakow, Poland.

He became a naturalized French citizen after World War I.

In February 1911, he settled in Paris and enrolled at the Académie Colarossi, where he associated with artists such as Modigliani, Soutine, Marc Chagall, and Fernand Léger.

Between 1920 and 1940, he worked for Jean Dunand.

In 1927, he married Léonie Bickel (1892-1975), the daughter of sculptor Victor Émile Bickel (1865-1937).

Initially drawn to Cubism, he turned to Surrealism in the 1930s.

In 1931, he joined the Union of Modern Artists, and in 1936...

He died on July 29, 1967, in Paris.

For any further information, please feel free to contact me.

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