DUPRÉ, GEORGES (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at St Etienne on the 24. October 1869 ; pupil of J. G. Thomas and O. Roty. He studied at the Ecole des Arts industriels of St-Etienne, later under Claudius Marioton, O. Roty and J. G. Thomas. In 1896 he obtained the first Grand Prix de Rome; Medal of the third class at the Salon of 1895 ; Medal of the second class of 1901. M. R. Marx illustrates in "Les Médailleurs contemporains " a beautiful plaque entitled " Meditation ", by him. This medal is also mentioned in Revue de I'Art ancien et tnoderne, 1898, II. Another plaque, entitled " Salut au soleil" presents an old shepherd and a child kneeling at the sea-side before the rising sun, and is the best work of the two. It is illustrated in Art et Decoration, Aug. 1899. By him are also : Hector Berlioz, 1903; — Alma Parens; — Redemption ; — Union des Societés de Tir de France ; — Religious Medal (" admirable médaille oú l'artiste a évoqué l'essor du christianisme sur les mines du monde pa?en, oeuvre d'une conception trés personnelle et d'une exécution trés heureuse ") ; — Mayeur, engraver; — Mouquet, musician; — Youth of Bacchus (after J. Lefebvre) ; — Cupid and Butterfly; — Enigma (plaquette); — — Portraits of the Artist's Parents (" c'est dans le portrait de ses parents qu'il a mis le plus d'accent; on y devine Amotion attentive qui a d? animer l'artiste et le soutenir dans son travail ") ; — La Médaille, &c. M. Dupré is a descendant of the celebrated medallist of the French Revolution. Bibliography. — Letter jrom the Artist.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
DIXON, ROGER
DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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DOBICHT
DOBICHT (Germ.). Bookbinder, then Die-sinker at Neuwied, in the service of the Counts of Wied-Neuwied, 1750-1756. His name occurs again in 1780. The medals by this attist mostly refer to the history of Kurfürst Johann Philipp of Treves; he is also the author of a Marriage medal of Count Philipp von der Lippe, 1780. I have seen his signature, D., on a medal of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg, 1750. — Mining Thaler of same year. — Medal of Count Wied, 1752, &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal,...
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DOBICHT (Germ.). Bookbinder, then Die-sinker at Neuwied, in the service of the Counts of Wied-Neuwied, 1750-1756. His name occurs again in 1780. The medals by this attist mostly refer to the history of Kurfürst Johann Philipp of Treves; he is also the author of a Marriage medal of Count Philipp von der Lippe, 1780. I have seen his signature, D., on a medal of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg, 1750. — Mining Thaler of same year. — Medal of Count Wied, 1752, &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal,...
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DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND
DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND (Germ.). A Nuremberg Medallist of the end of the seventeenth century. He engraved a number of medals, and also some of the artistic Thalers of Nuremberg, on which the Rathhaus is depicted. In the Reimmann sale there was a specimen of this coin bearing the letters P. H. M., initials of the engraver Philipp Heinrich Müller, who apparently also cut dies for the same coinage. Dodder, the elder, was still living in 1688, as we learn from contemporary documents. Bibliography. ...
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DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND (Germ.). A Nuremberg Medallist of the end of the seventeenth century. He engraved a number of medals, and also some of the artistic Thalers of Nuremberg, on which the Rathhaus is depicted. In the Reimmann sale there was a specimen of this coin bearing the letters P. H. M., initials of the engraver Philipp Heinrich Müller, who apparently also cut dies for the same coinage. Dodder, the elder, was still living in 1688, as we learn from contemporary documents. Bibliography. ...
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DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND (2.)
DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND (Germ.). Son of the last ; also a Nuremberg Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth, centuries. He died after 1730, as coins exist of that year, engraved by him, commemorating the centenary of the Augsburg Confession. There is a coronation medal of Charles VI., 1711, by him, and a commemorative piece of the canonization of Johann Nepomuk, 1729-1736. The former is signed S. D. S. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimm...
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DOCKLER, DANIEL SIEGMUND (Germ.). Son of the last ; also a Nuremberg Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth, centuries. He died after 1730, as coins exist of that year, engraved by him, commemorating the centenary of the Augsburg Confession. There is a coronation medal of Charles VI., 1711, by him, and a commemorative piece of the canonization of Johann Nepomuk, 1729-1736. The former is signed S. D. S. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Ad. Hess Nachf., Reimm...
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