1874

• Studied medal engraving at the Ecole des Beaux Artes & later medal engraving with Ponscarme.
• He had a more English Arts & Crafts or Jugendstil aesthetic than other French designers.

1898

• Began making jewelry with organic motifs, rendered with an “imaginative use of materials.”
  • Marine plants
  • Dragonflies
  • Pea Pods
  • Spiders & lizards
  • Shells & Seahorses.
• Exhibited regularly at the Paris Salons.

Style

• Use of bizarre iconography
• Animals and birds
• Mask-like  Human Faces
• Sea Creatures