LAMBERT, GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE (French). Sculptor, Gem-and Seal-engraver, and Medallist; born at Paris ; pupil of Bissinger'. He has exhibited since 1863, at the "Salon des Artistes francais", and was rewarded with a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Among his best known productions in the branch we are interested in, I may mention : 1879. Mars and Venus, intaglio in sardonyx; — Portrait of M. X***, intaglio in sardonyx ; — Narcissus, intaglio in cornelian; — 1880. Antinoüs, cameo in sardonyx; — Faun and Bacchante, cameo in sardonyx; — 1882. Salammbô, cameo; — Patroclus, cameo ; — 1883. Portrait-cameo of Gambetta ; — 1884. Three sardonyx cameos : Achilles; — Bacchante; — Phryné; — 1885. Danse guerri?re, sardonyx 'cameo and intaglio ; — 1890. Three sardonyx intaglios : Mercury; — Centaur; — Herakles infant; — Les Korybantes, sardonyx intaglio; — 1893. Dawn, sardonyx intaglio; — The Conscience, cameo and intaglio in sardonyx; — 1895. Hesitation; — 1896. The Adviser, sardonyx intaglio; — 1897. Credo, sardonyx intaglio; — 1898. La source et le ruisseau, cameo; — 1899. Eug?ne Guillaume ; — Le Livre, sard, intaglio ; — 1898. La Source et le Ruisseau, intaglio (acquired by the State); — 1900. La Ronde, intaglio in sardonyx (illustrated); — Two Dancing Girls ; 1 90 1. Portrait of Mme Agry, intaglio in sardonyx; — 1903. Three Portrait-intaglios ; Portrait-plaquette, bronze; &c. At different times, this artist has also produced : War Dance; — The Bather; — The Adviser; — The Dawn; — Credo; — The Book; — Venus Astarte; — Portrait of Eug?ne Guillaume, sculptor, member of the French Academy, and Director of the Ecole de Rome; — Portrait of Marquis de Chennevi?res, " ex. Director of Fine- Art ", Paris; — 1904. The First-born, or Amour maternel, intaglio in sardonyx ; — La Danse, &c. "M. G.Lambert", writes M. Babelon, "qui chaque année, depuis 1879, expose des pierres gravées en creux est, avec M. Lechevrel, un de nos rares artistes qui maintiennent l'intaille au-dessus de la gravure des sceaux héraldiques. II nous a donné dans ce genre un certain nombre d'oeuvres d'un dessin souple et gracieux, qui sont présentement pour la plupart, au Musée Galliera ; on lui doit aussi d'excellents portraits. L'?uvre importante qu'il a exposée au Salon, cette année (1902) est une Ronde d'enfants sur une cornaline de grandes dimensions, oú l' on retrouve les m?mes qualités de grâce spirituelle, d' harmonie et de souplesse élégante. " (Revue de l'Art, 1902, II, 27). Lambert was awarded the Order of the Lion and Sun by the Shah of Persia. Bibliography. — Catalogue of the Paris Salons. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Information kindly supplied by 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
KRAPP, HANS
KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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KRAPP or KRAPPE, HANS (Germ.). A burgher of Breslau; contracted to work the Royal Mint of Breslau, 1540-1541 ; appointed on Nov. 13, 1545, by the Prince-Elector Joachim of Brandenburg Mint-master-general throughout his dominions. By a resolution dated Prague, 1. Feb. 1540, King Ferdinand ordered Krapp to pay, instead of his yearly due of 900 Gulden, a Royalty of 10 Kreutzer or 5 Silesian Groschen on each Mark of silver coined by him. Bibliography. — Friedensburg, op. cil. — Oesterreicher, op. ci...
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KRAUER, WILHELM
KRAUER, WILHELM (Swiss). Son of Hans Jorg Krauer; born in 1661 ; died in 1718. He first worked as a Goldsmith, but later practised also Die-cutting. In 1707 he was appointed Mint-master at Sion, where the famous J. C. Hedlinger was apprenticed to him; in 1710 he returned to Lucerne, and was appointed Mintmaster there on the 31. March 1713 for a period of three years. After many difficulties with the Town Council, his resignation was accepted, and he was free to take the post that was offered to ...
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KRAUER, WILHELM (Swiss). Son of Hans Jorg Krauer; born in 1661 ; died in 1718. He first worked as a Goldsmith, but later practised also Die-cutting. In 1707 he was appointed Mint-master at Sion, where the famous J. C. Hedlinger was apprenticed to him; in 1710 he returned to Lucerne, and was appointed Mintmaster there on the 31. March 1713 for a period of three years. After many difficulties with the Town Council, his resignation was accepted, and he was free to take the post that was offered to ...
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KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER
KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Budapest in 1870, lately residing at Frankfort-on-M., now at Dresden. The only medallic productions l have noticed by him are a commemorative plaquette, struck at Mayer & Wilhelm's works at Stuttgart, of the Third Centenary of the Salzbrunn Spa (Silesia), 1901 ; — Gold Medal for the Venice Fine Art Exhibition, 1903 (reproduced in The Studio, Feb. 1905, p. 78, and described as "rather full of detail on the obverse, and cleverly reminisce...
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KRAUMANN, ALEXANDER (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Budapest in 1870, lately residing at Frankfort-on-M., now at Dresden. The only medallic productions l have noticed by him are a commemorative plaquette, struck at Mayer & Wilhelm's works at Stuttgart, of the Third Centenary of the Salzbrunn Spa (Silesia), 1901 ; — Gold Medal for the Venice Fine Art Exhibition, 1903 (reproduced in The Studio, Feb. 1905, p. 78, and described as "rather full of detail on the obverse, and cleverly reminisce...
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KRAUS, KLAUS
KRAUS, KLAUS (Bohem.). Mint-master at Joachimsthal, 1531-37. He was appointed in March, 1535, in succession to Ulrich Gebhard. He was a Saxon by origin. For malversation in his office, he suffered imprisonment, from March 1535 to 25. May 1537, when he was released by King Ferdinand's order, but his subsequent history is not known. His mint-mark is a ruff. Hans Weizelmann succeeded him at Joachimsthal. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Klaus Kraus, Münzmeister von Joachimsthal, 1898. — Do, Das Münzwesen ...
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KRAUS, KLAUS (Bohem.). Mint-master at Joachimsthal, 1531-37. He was appointed in March, 1535, in succession to Ulrich Gebhard. He was a Saxon by origin. For malversation in his office, he suffered imprisonment, from March 1535 to 25. May 1537, when he was released by King Ferdinand's order, but his subsequent history is not known. His mint-mark is a ruff. Hans Weizelmann succeeded him at Joachimsthal. Bibliography. — E. Fiala, Klaus Kraus, Münzmeister von Joachimsthal, 1898. — Do, Das Münzwesen ...
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