GABRIEL LUNDER. Norwegian Medallist, who worked for some time at Nuremberg, then at Koenigsberg, and from 1742-1782 at Copenhagen.
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
FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS
FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS (French). Painter of the second half of the eighteenth century; he was born at Grasse in 1732, and died at Paris on the 22nd of August, 1806. He was a pupil of Boucher, Chardin, &c. Thorne says that his pictures are singularly characteristic of Parisian society, immediately preceding the revo- lution of 1789, and adds : "On his return to Paris, Fragonard painted historical subjects; his large picture, " Coresus and Callirhoë ", excited great admiration, and secu...
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FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORÉ or NICOLAS (French). Painter of the second half of the eighteenth century; he was born at Grasse in 1732, and died at Paris on the 22nd of August, 1806. He was a pupil of Boucher, Chardin, &c. Thorne says that his pictures are singularly characteristic of Parisian society, immediately preceding the revo- lution of 1789, and adds : "On his return to Paris, Fragonard painted historical subjects; his large picture, " Coresus and Callirhoë ", excited great admiration, and secu...
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FRAMPTON, GEORGE J. , A. R. A.
FRAMPTON, GEORGE J. , A. R. A. (Brit.) Sculptor, born 1860; pupil of the sculptor Frith of Lambeth, and Professor Brown. " In 1882, says Victor G. Parr (Men and Women of the Time, London, 1899, p. 384) " Frampton joined the Academy schools, where he won prize after prize until 1887, when he went out with the Gold Medal and ? 200. He was thus enabled to proceed to Paris, where he studied sculpture under Dagnan-Bouveret and Mercié. In the Salon of 1889 he exhibited his first successful work, the "...
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FRAMPTON, GEORGE J. , A. R. A. (Brit.) Sculptor, born 1860; pupil of the sculptor Frith of Lambeth, and Professor Brown. " In 1882, says Victor G. Parr (Men and Women of the Time, London, 1899, p. 384) " Frampton joined the Academy schools, where he won prize after prize until 1887, when he went out with the Gold Medal and ? 200. He was thus enabled to proceed to Paris, where he studied sculpture under Dagnan-Bouveret and Mercié. In the Salon of 1889 he exhibited his first successful work, the "...
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FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS
FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Vert-le-Petit (Seine-et-Oise), in 1841, died at Paris in 1896. Pupil of Bonnat and Chapu. M. Babelon says concerning him : " C'est un ma?tre véritable, aussi modeste qu'habile, qui nous paraît avoir, mieux que tout autre, réussi ? s'inspirer des nobles traditions du XVIII si?cle ". He was an officer of the Legion of Honour. The following works by him may be seen at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris : The French Republic,...
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FRANCOIS, HENRI LOUIS (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Vert-le-Petit (Seine-et-Oise), in 1841, died at Paris in 1896. Pupil of Bonnat and Chapu. M. Babelon says concerning him : " C'est un ma?tre véritable, aussi modeste qu'habile, qui nous paraît avoir, mieux que tout autre, réussi ? s'inspirer des nobles traditions du XVIII si?cle ". He was an officer of the Legion of Honour. The following works by him may be seen at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris : The French Republic,...
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FREEMAN, SIR RALPH
FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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