LEMAIRE, GEORGES HENRI (French). Contemporary Gem-engraver, born at Bailly (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th February 1853, was apprenticed to a Paris engraver, and studied under the sculptor Jacques Perrin ; also a pupil of Grivel, Lambert, and J. Lequien. He has obtained a Mention honorable at the Salon of 1882, a Medal of the third class in 1885, Medal of the second class in 1886, Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, Medal of the first Mme CI. Desclers ; — M. de la Pinelais; — Xavier Girard ; — A. Minne, etc. ; — Medal of the " Caserne des Célestins ", &c. As a sculptor, the artist executed the funereal monuments of M. Rouvier Senr at Marseilles, Serpieri at Athens, Savinien Lapointe at Soucy, near Sens, and the statue of Edouard Normand, mayor of Nantes, &c. Lemaire is one of the cleverest of modern French Gem-engravers. Some of his fine Portrait-Cameos in sardonyx were reproduced by him in silver Plaquettes with excellent effect. M. Babelon however criticises somewhat President Loubet's portrait : " C'est un camée de grandes proportions, d'une exécution consciencieuse et fort habile, comme tout ce qui sort des mains de M. Lemaire; mais, en m?me temps, il n'est pas excessif de dire qu'elle manque de hardiesse et d'originalité. Le relief est sans poussée, trop timide. Vous remarquerez, au dos de la plaque de sardonyx ? laquelle M. Lemaire s'est attaqué, une belle couche sanguine qui n'a pas été utilisée. L'artiste n'en a pas tiré profit; il n'a pas osé l'atteindre. C'est pourtant sur cette couche qu'un Pyrgot?le, un Dioscoride, un Valerio Vicentini, un Jacques Guay, aurait tenu par-dessus tout ? détacher Vicentini, un Jacques Guay, aurait tenu par-dessus tout ? detacher en vigoureux relief le portrait ? exécuter. Telle qu'elle se présente, l'oeuvre de M. G. Lemaire est un excellent bas-relief, sur une gemme tr?s dure et de belle nuance; c'est ? peine un camée dans le sens que les anciens donnaient ? leurs sardonyx multicolores et si profondément affouillées dans le but de tirer de toutes les couches superposées le parti décoratif qu'elles comportent. " (Revue de I'Art, 1903, II,28). Bibliography. — Information kindly supplied by the Artist. — Catalogues du Salon 1900-1904. — Bénédite, op. cit.
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
LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE
LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE (French). Director of the Paris Medal- Mint from 1696 to 1727, and one of the most celebrated French Goldsmiths of the end of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth. He was born in 1647, learned drawing under Francois Chauveau, and was probably a pupil of the famous Claude Ballin, whose daughter he married. During his tenure of office, he greatly improved the working of the Medal-mint, which reached its highest degree of extension and prosperity. " He succeede...
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LAUNAY, NICOLAS DE (French). Director of the Paris Medal- Mint from 1696 to 1727, and one of the most celebrated French Goldsmiths of the end of the seventeenth century and beginning of the eighteenth. He was born in 1647, learned drawing under Francois Chauveau, and was probably a pupil of the famous Claude Ballin, whose daughter he married. During his tenure of office, he greatly improved the working of the Medal-mint, which reached its highest degree of extension and prosperity. " He succeede...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE
LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, ÉTIENNE DE, also STEPHANUS LAUNUS ; — ETIENNE DE LAULNE, or DELAULNE (French). A celebrated Goldsmith, Medallist, and Line-engraver, born at Paris circ. 1519, died there in 1583. By letters patent of the 31. January 1552, he was appointed Mintengraver at Paris, in conjunction with Jean Erondelle, but already deposed, in favour of Jacques Béguin, on the 25. June of the same year. Towards the end of his lite, he went over to Germany ; in 1573 and 1580 he was working at " Argentina " (Strass...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE
LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAUNE, CHISTOPHE DE (French). Mint-master at Paris (1540-1541), Mint-master and Engraver and Tours (1539-1540 and 1542-1553). He was still living in 1556. In 1540 he had some differences with Claude Lemay, a Paris Mint-engraver, in connection with an issue of jetons. An official of the name of ANTOINE LAUNE filled the post of secretary under his administration. Christoph Laune's distinctive mark occurs on Petits Deniers of the Paris Mint, 1541, and Testons and Douzains of Tours, 1549. He is the ...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO
LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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LAURANA, FRANCESCO (Ital.). Painter, Sculptor and Medallist, circ. 1430-1501; a native of the ancient fortified city of the Templars, La Vrana or Laurana, near Zara. In Neapolitan documents his name occurs also as Francesco Adzara (for Francesco da Zara). Laurana, the favourite Sculptor and Medallist of René of Anjou, Count of Provence and King of Naples (1458-1480) is the first champion of the Renaissance in France. Between 1468 and 1471, a Franciscus Laurana, habitator urbis Panormi et civitat...
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