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silla was born out of a passion for beautiful objects: special pieces with aesthetic and historical significance. In 2009, after years of collecting, Andrew Silla and his wife Grace began to work privately with clients from their residence in Southern Maryland. Quickly outgrowing the space, the business was moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania in 2012 and after several warehouse location changes it was firmly settled in the present brick-and-mortar location in downtown Shippensburg.

The 9000 square foot brick-and-mortar gallery is home to a large collection of works of art and estate jewelry. We specialize in sculpture circa 1860 through 1930 with a particular emphasis on the Animaliers and as such the gallery always has a very large collection of exceptional European and American sculpture available on display.

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Becquerel, Andre-Vincent

André-Vincent Becquerel was born in the Oise district of France at St. Andre-Farivilliers in 1893.  He studied under a prominent member of the Animalier school, Prosper Lecourtier, as well as Hector Lemaire and begain exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Française in 1914 through 1922.  The most well known in his body of work is “The Finish”, a sculpture of two racehorses crossing the finish line executed in the full Art Deco taste.  While he produced a large selection of Art Deco figures of wedded couples, children at play and other interesting genre scenes, he is most known for his animal studies including large cats and birds.

Literature

  • Animals in Bronze, Christopher Payne, 2002, p. 396
  • E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Gründ, 2006, Vol. I, p. 1463
  • Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, James Mackey, 1977, p. 38
  • Art Deco and other figures, Bryan Catley, 1989, p. 41-44
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