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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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Salmson, Jean-Jules

Jean-Jules-Bernard Salmson was born on July 18th 1823 in Paris, studying under Dumont, Ramey and Toussaint at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.  He first debuted at Salon in 1859, subsequently working on monument sculptures at the Tuileries, the Tribunal de Commerce, the Opera and the city hall of la Rochelle in Paris.  He won second-class medals in both 1863 and 1867 at Salon and was awarded Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1867.  After the war of 1870, Salmson went to London and then on to Geneva where the government appointed him to be director of the School of Industrial Arts.  He produced a large body of historical statuettes, including Henry IV, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Milton, Shakespeare, Charles the 1st, Elisabeth, Marie Stuart, Henri VIII, Hamlet, Ophélie, Van Dyck, Rubens and Washington among others.  However, his most cherished works are the oriental subjects he produced, largely capturing Arab warriors, hunters, daily life in the Middle East and North Africa and genre groups.  He died on May 7th 1902 in Coupvray, France.

Literature:

  • Dictionaire des Sculpteurs de L’Ecole Française, vol. IV, 1921, Stanislas Lami, p. 228-230
  • E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, vol. XII, 2006, Gründ, p. 315
  • Art Bronzes, 1988, Michael Forrest, p. 483
  • Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century, Dictionary of Sculptors, 1994, Pierre Kjellberg, p. 609-610

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