MAC MONNIES, FREDERICK WILLIAM (Amer.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Brooklyn in 1863 ; pupil of Falgui?re Mercié, and Saint-Gaudens ; he now resides at Brooklyn, after having spent some years in Paris and on the continent of Europe. In 1884 he left Mr. St. Gaudens' studio in New York, where he received riis -first artistic training. So talented had been his drawings and sketches that the older sculptor was of the opinion that Mc Monnies might become great in both arts. Although his medallic productions are few in number, they are of exceptional merit. One ot them, the Niagara Falls (illustrated) was purchased for the Luxembourg Museum, and was exhibited, together with the medal dedicated "To my friend Elijah Robinson Kennedy" at the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1900. By him is also a Portrait-medal of Miss Kennedy, etc. The sculptor and Medallist John Flanagan is one of Mc Monnies' pupils. Bibliography. — Art et Decoration, 1899, II, p. 54. — Marx, Les Medailleurs modernes en France et ? I'Étranger, pl. XXIX. 3.6. — Studio, XXII, 226. XXXVIII, 319.
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
LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH
LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB
LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI
LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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LORIEUX, JULIEN
LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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