Albert Louis Edmond CHARTIER (1898-1992) The Abduction of Europe Original bronze with gold patina, signed and numbered 3/8 on the back; Rosini foundry stamp. H_68 cm - W_68 cm - D_29 cm Rating: A gold medallist at the 1925 Salon des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Chartier was associated with a regionalist group that was well established in Blois, the École de la Loire. His work included "Le Printemps", presented in plaster at the 1925 Salon, for which he won the Prix Chenavard from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (public commission, Château de Blois, 1926).