Lucien SCHMITT
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£5,635
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Lucien Schmitt, violonier d'art, à Grenoble, instrument dessiné, et entièrement executé par ... | October 2024 | £4,514 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 209 and brand, good condition | June 2024 | £4,893 |
| Violin | Labelled Lucien SCHMIT, Luthier à ..., one-piece back, ribs and head similar, table of regular grain | May 2024 | £2,655 |
| Violin | Labelled Troisième violon de ce modèle dessiné et, entièrement exécuté par, Lucien Scmitt, luthier à ... | February 2024 | £5,635 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm Grenoble, 1940 c. [Workshop of] | July 2011 | £955 |
| Violin | 30.8 cm Grenoble, 1955 1/2 size [Workshop of] | December 2010 | £380 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm 1963 | November 2008 | £5,040 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Grenoble, 1929 [Workshop] | December 2007 | £1,361 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Grenoble, 1924 | July 2007 | £1,682 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60.0 g. | May 2007 | £1,589 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Grenoble, 1963 | March 2007 | £1,725 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61.0 g. | March 2007 | £1,495 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Grenoble, 1924 | November 2006 | £844 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Grenoble, 1924 | July 2006 | £1,873 |
| Violin | Grenoble, 1935 | November 2005 | £1,263 |
| Violin | Grenoble, 1966 | May 2005 | £2,400 |
| Violin | 1964 | June 2001 | £3,000 |
| Violin | 1977 | June 2001 | £2,160 |
| Violin | 1926 | March 2001 | £1,175 |
| Violin | 1924 | November 2000 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1936 | November 1999 | £2,875 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 62 g. | June 1998 | £920 |
| Viola | 41.1 cm 1960 | March 1998 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 1924 | June 1990 | £1,980 |
| Violin | 1936 | June 1988 | £1,540 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
SCHMITT, Lucien Born 1892 Geneva Switzerland, d. after 1949 Maylan France. Studied the violin at Geneva conservatoire. Trained for two years as a luthier in Mirecourt with Mougenot. Studied bow making with Bazin. Worked for Vidoudez in Geneva, Lorange in Lyons, Madame Bovis in Nice, and Caressa and Français in Paris. Wounded during World War I. Established independently in Grenoble from 1922, moving to Meylan 1941. Assisted in later years by his son Jean Frédéric Schmitt (Born 1937). Three models: two derived from Amati and Guarneri respectively and a third entirely personal. These are titled ‘Modèle Normal’, Modèle de Soloiste’ and ‘Mieulx ne Sçay’. Fine workmanship. Branded internally and in the pegbox: ‘L.S.’ Lucien Schmitt / Luthier à Grenoble 19.. 1949 Instrument dessiné et entièrement exécuté par / Lucien Schmitt / no.120 / Violonier d’Art à Grenoble
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