Serge Zelikson

SERGE ZELIKSON (Polotsk, Belarus, 1890, Paris-1966).
Female bust.
Alabaster.
Signed.
Measurements: 62 cm. high.
Sculptor, engraver and medallist. Serge Zelikson received his secondary artistic education in his native country. In 1914 he arrived in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Injalbert, Bouchard and Landowsky. During the First World War he served in the French army and in 1920 acquired French nationality. He rented the studio at 5 rue Larrey, formerly occupied by Auguste Rodin. S. Zelikson produced group sculptures and portraits, animal figures, decorative sculptures and medals. He exhibited his works at the Salon d'Automne (1924), Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, Salon des Indépendants (repeatedly from 1920 to 1960) and in group exhibitions in Paris, Lille, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux. In 1921, he presented his works at the exhibitions of Russian artists at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. In 1931 he erected the sculpture of Joan of Arc in the park of Le Pouliguen (Loire-Atlantique department). In 1933 and 1934 he had solo exhibitions at the Journal gallery and in 1964 in his own studio. The collective sculpture "Les Bateliers de la Volga" was acquired by the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.