Gérard Sandoz (1902-1995) - Composition abstraite

Gérard SANDOZ
(1902-1995)
Gérard Sandoz was born in Paris in 1902 into a family of jewelers and watchmakers. He began working for the Maison Sandoz as a jewelry designer. In 1929 he joined the Union of Modern Artists, known by the abbreviation UAM. The aim of this association is to promote and defend modern art.
He produced jewelry with monumental architecture: imposing bracelets, rings with sculpted and structured lines, massive pendants.
His themes are engraved silver and lacquer in red and black tones. He also experimented with eggshells. He attached particular importance to visible mounts and the striking colors of his jewelry. Technical execution and the precision of the design were more important to him than the value of the materials. He used hematite, corals, onyx, lapis lazuli, aventurine, jasper, and chalcedony. He systematically executed simple and strict lines, smooth surfaces, and clean edges in colored, finished metals, polished and matte. He depicted scenes of daily life on his lacquered boxes. He is counted among the avant-garde jewelers of his time.
At the end of the 1920s, his father ceded the company to Georges L’Enfant, for whom Gérard worked as artistic director until 1931, when he decided to devote himself fully to painting and cinema.