Gérard Sandoz (1902-1995) - Nature morte

Gérard SANDOZ
(1902-1995)
Still life 71 x 54 cm (with frame) oil on canvas
Gérard Sandoz was born in Paris in 1902 into a family of jewelers and watchmakers. He began working for Maison Sandoz as a jewelry designer. In 1929 he joined the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM). The aim of this association is to promote and defend modern art.
He creates jewelry with monumental architecture: imposing bracelets, rings with sculpted and structured lines, and massive pendants.
His themes are engraved silver and lacquer in red and black tones. He also experiments with eggshells. He places particular importance on the visible mountings and the attractive colors of his jewelry. The technical execution and the precision of the design are more important to him than the value of the materials. He uses hematite, coral, onyx, lapis lazuli, aventurine, jasper and chalcedony. He systematically executes simple and strict lines, smooth surfaces and corners in colored metals, with polished and matte finishes. He depicts scenes of daily life on his lacquered boxes. He ranks among the avant-garde jewelers of his time.
At the end of the 1920s, his father hands the business over to Georges L’Enfant, for whom Gérard works as art director until 1931, when the latter decides to devote himself fully to painting and cinema.