MB109352 Bronze medal Othon Friesz French painter Fauvism by Belmondo 1950

MB109352 France: Monnaie de Paris issue.  Bronze medal Othon Friesz French painter (1879-1949 by Belmondo 1950 68mm. Belmondo, an important sculptor post WW2 and prolific medallist.

Portrait left of the painter, wearing a knotted tie.  On the reverse, according to CGMP it’s an allegory of painting:  standing half naked female nude:  However it looks to me like the figure of Marianne, French Republic, standing, wearing her revolutionary Phrygian bonnet.  Text Reinventer la peinture a mon propre usage (Reinventing painting for myself)   In his early years was a member of the Fauves but later returned to more traditional style of painting – but in his own way.