NEUBERGER, RUDOLF (Austr.). Contemporary Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Vienna, born in that city, 12. February 1861. He is a pupil of Professors Stephan Schwartz, Trautzl, and A. Scharff. In May 1883 he entered the Vienna Mint as an apprentice, and continued his studies at the Art School of the Austrian Museum ; four years later, he became Assistant-engraver; in 1893, K. K. Mint-engraver (Münzgraveur) ; in 1901, K. K. Engraver and Medallist to the Mint, and in 1905 Chief-engraver. Besides engraving dies for the Austrian coinage, Neuberger has devoted his leisure time in the service of art. He has executed a number of Prize Medals for Exhibitions, Societies, &c, and in 1898, he showed to the " Klüb der Münz- und Medaillenfreunde " of Vienna a fine series of Counters with charming representations of animals. It is only within the last eight years that the artist has begun modelling Portraits, in which he worked under the direction of the great master, A. Scharff. Among his reproductions are : Portraitplaquette of H.I. M. Francis Joseph I. (illustrated); — Portraitplaquette of Empress Elizabeth (illustrated); — Portrait-plaquette of Carl Pickel; — Dr Joseph Pommer, composer; — Wilhelm Zierer, banker; — H.R.H. Prince Nitika of Montenegro; —Professor Kohl; — Prof. Dr J. Pommer; — Bergrat Kronfuss Wostry;— Ludwig Anzengruber; R. The German Volkstheater at Vienna (reproduced in Moderne Medaille, p. 21); — Reopening of the Mining Works at Kuttenberg, 1888; — Medal on the 25th Anniversary of the Vienna " Landstrasser " Choral Society, 1891 ; — Portrait-medal of Field Marshal Count Radetzky, 1892; — Choral Festival at Krems, 1892 (3 var.); — Silver Wedding of King and Queen Carol I.of Roumania, 1894; — Jubilee Medal of the Emperor Francis Joseph I., 1898 (two varieties, with View of Schönbrunn Palace, and Karls Bridge and the Hradschin at Prague) ; — Another, with youthful and older portraits of the Emperor face to face ; — Another, for suspension; R. viribus unitis, 1848- 1898; — Fifth Federal Rifle Meeting at Vienna, 1898; — Erection of the Kaiser Franz Josef Monument at Schwechat, 1898 (sev. var.); — 20th Anniversary of the Schwechat Fire Brigade (R. by A. Müller); — Portrait-plaquette of A. Scharff, 1903 (after the bust, modelled from life by the artist in 1902); — Medal of the Numismatic Society of Vienna (reproduced in " Blätter für Münzfreunde ", 1893, PI. 97); — The Karls Church at Vienna; — Jeton on the Artist's Wedding, 1894; — Al. 10 Kronen piece of 1892 ; — Nickel 20 Heller piece, 1892 (R. only): — 10 Heller piece, 1892 (both sides); — ?. 2 Heller piece, 1882 (both sides) ; — 10th Anniversary of the Foundation of Feldmarshal Graf Radetzky von Radetz Veterans' Society, 1887; — Prof. Dr Josef Pommer, 1901; — R. of Medal on the 25th Anniversary of the Technical Society of Lemberg, 1902 ; — Memorial Medal of Anton Scharff, † 6 July 1903 ; — Portrait-plaquette of Dr Karl Lueger, burgomaster of Vienna, 1905 (reproduced in Mitth. der Oester. Gesellsch. für Münz-und Medaillenkunde, Jänner 1906); — A Portrait-medalet, of the same ; — Hofrath Pflügl von Leiden ; — Large Portrait-plaquette of the late Empress Elizabeth of Austria, 1907, commemorating the Completion of the Kaiserin Elizabeth Monument (for this medal the artist was awarded by His Majesty the gold Cross of Merit with crown). Thanks to his strenuous efforts and perseverance, Rudolf Neuberger now stands in the front rank of Austrian medallists. His portraits display sentiment and power, and an uncommon keenness of artistic perception. Bibliography. — Information privately obtained — Die Moderne Medaille, 1900. — Mittheilungen des Klubs der Münz- und Medaillenfreunde in Wien, 1890-1905.
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
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE
MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, JEAN MARIE (French). .. 1773- † 1793. Masterfounder, Gilder, and Engraver, of Lyons ; son of Gabriel Mouterde, born 26. April 1748. He engraved various medals, and was one of the promoters of the coinage of pure bell-metal in 1791. He took part in the defence of Lyons, and was guillotined, 26. December 1793. Mouterde was the first to utilise pure bell-metal for purposes of coinage ; his dizains are well-known. His name, in conjunction with those of Mercié and Mathieu, occurs on the fol...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN
MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MOUTERDE, LOUIS ANTOINE JEAN (French). Cousin of Emmanuel Mouterde ; born in 1812; pupil of Jean Jacques Barre, 1830-1833; was also more of a Die-sinker than a Medallist, but he however produced several medals and medallions, which are signed : L. MOUTERDE F., or L. F. ENGRAVED MEDALS : Joseph Charles Jacquard, 1834; — Bonne foi et Justice; R. Tribunal de commerce de Lyon, 1835 ; — Conseil municipal de Lyon, 1838 ; — The Virgin and St. Anne ; R. St. Blandine. — CAST MEDALLIONS : J. C. Jacquard,...
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MUDIE, JAMES
MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depau...
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MÜLLER (5.)
MÜLLER (Germ.). Sculptor, Engraver, and Chaser of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. By him is a chased Portraitmedallion in silver commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the reign of Frederick William III. of Prussia, 1837. Von Kull mentions a Chaser of the name of Müller, who was working at Munich in 1839. A Portrait-medal of Paracelsus, belonging to Durand's series, 1844, is also signed : MULLER. By the same artist are possibly also : Dr Jacob Harsen ; — Dr Friedrich Gottfried Hayne...
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MÜLLER (Germ.). Sculptor, Engraver, and Chaser of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. By him is a chased Portraitmedallion in silver commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the reign of Frederick William III. of Prussia, 1837. Von Kull mentions a Chaser of the name of Müller, who was working at Munich in 1839. A Portrait-medal of Paracelsus, belonging to Durand's series, 1844, is also signed : MULLER. By the same artist are possibly also : Dr Jacob Harsen ; — Dr Friedrich Gottfried Hayne...
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