Artist's medals

 

Artist's medals are a well-known and highly collected form of small bronze sculpture, and are considered a form of exonumia.

Artist's medals have been produced since the late Renaissance period, and the category was basically invented by Pisanello, who cast them like bronze sculptures, rather than minting them like coins.

Artist's medals may take such recognized forms as competition "medals" or "awards" for various accomplishments, but are more typically recognized by: (1) their memorialization of a particular place, event, or person (say, portrait medals of Cesare Borgia); (2) the casting process that produced the medal; and (3) the hand of an individual artist at work.

(Note: Where an artist is best known by other than his first given name, the commonly used name is highlighted in boldface.)

Producers of American Artist's Medals

• Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878 – 1949)
• Tom Allen, Jr.
• Charles E. Barber (1840 – 1917)
• William Barber (1807 – 1879)
• Chester Beach (1881 – 1956)
• Abram Belskie (1907 – 1988)
• Stanley Bleifeld
• Donald A. Borja
• Victor David Brenner (1871 – 1924)
• George Thomas Brewster (1862 – 1943)
• Gaetano Cecere (1894 – 1985)
• René Paul Chambellan (1893 – 1955)
• Herring Coe (born in 1907, year of death unknown)
• Robert M. Cronbach (1908 – 2001)
• Eugene L. Daub (born 1942)
• Anthony de Francisci (1887 – 1964)
• Donald Harcourt De Lue (1897 – 1988)
• Alexis Joseph Depaulis (1792 – 1867)
• René Theophile de Quélin (1853 – 1931)
• Frank Eliscu (1912 – 1996)
• John F. Flanagan (1865 – 1952)
• Laura Gardin Fraser (1889 – 1966)
• Daniel Chester French (1850 – 1931)
• Moritz Fürst (born 1782, year of death unknown)
• Patricia Gillespie
• Edward Ryneal Grove (born 1912)
• Michael Hibner
• Laszlo Ispanky (born 1919)
• Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 – 1978)
• Marcel Jovine (born 1921)
• Julio Kilenyi (1885 – 1959)
• Michael F. Lantz (1908 – 1988)
• Ernest Lauser
• Leo Lentelli (1879 – c. 1961-62)
• Bruno Lucchesi (1860 – 1924)
• Henry Augustus Lukeman (1872 – 1935)
• Oronzio Maldarelli (1892 – 1963)
• Edward Francis McCartan (1879 – 1947)
• Ralph Joseph Menconi (died in 1972)
• Richard McDermott Miller (1922 – 2004)
• Berthold Nebel (1889 – 1964)
• Edmondo Quattrocchi (1889 – 1966)
• Richard Renninger
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 – 1907)
• Ernest C. Schroeder
• Alexander "Alex" George Shagin (born in 1947)
• John Ray Sinnock (1888 – 1947)
• Ken Smith (born in 1951)
• Marika Somogyi
• Lorado Zadoc Taft (1860 – 1936)
• Henry van Wolf (1898 – 1982)
• Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870 – 1952)
• Robert Alexander Weinman (1915 – 2003)
• Emil Robert Zettler (1878 – c. 1945-46)

Producers of Argentine Artist's Medals

• Soto Avendaño
• Alfredo Bigatti (1898 – 1964)
• Ernesto De La Cárcova (1866 – 1927)
• Arturo Dresco (born in 1875, year of death unknown)
• Juan Gottuzzo
• José Horta
• Jorge Maria Lubary
• Affonso Rossi
• Constante Rossi

Producers of Australian Artist's Medals

• Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863 – 1931)

Producers of Austrian Artist's Medals

• Peter Breithut (1869 – 1930)
• Josef Christian Christlbauer (1820 – 1897)
• Carl Fromme
• Edwin Grienauer (1893 – 1964)
• Arnold Hartig
• Alfred Hofmann (1879 – 1958)
• Ludwig Hujer (born in 1872)
• Hans Köttenstorfer (born in 1911)
• Friedrich "Franz" Leisek (died in 1898)
• Rudolf Ferdinand Marschall
• Rudolf Neuberger (1861 – 1916)
• Franz Xaver Pawlik (1865 – 1906)
• Karl Perl
• Richard Placht (Bohemian) (born 1880)
• Carl Radnitzky (1818 – 1901)
• Anton Scharff (1845 – 1903)
• Rudolf Schmidt (1894 – 1980)
• Johann Schwerdtner (1834 – 1920)
• Franz Stiasny
• Josef Hermann Tautenhayn (1837 – 1911)
• Josef Johann Tautenhayn (born in 1868, died after 1957)
• Oskar Thiede (1879 – 1961)
• Carl Waschmann (1848 – 1905)
• Anton Rudolf Weinberger (1879 – 1936?)
• Franz Zeichner (1778 – 1862)

Producers of Belgian Artist's Medals

• Jules Baetes (1861 – 1937)
• Armand Bonnetain (1883 – 1973)
• Georges André Brunet (1902 – 1986)
• Eugène Canneel (Flemish) (1882 – 1966)
• Albert Carlens (1789 – 1873)
• Guillaume Charlier (1854 – 1925)
• Eugène Jean De Bremaecker (1879 – 1963)
• Carl De Cock
• Floris de Cuyper (1875 – 1965)
• Paul De Greef (1926 – 1988)
• Marnix D'Haveloose (1885 – 1973)
• Jean-Baptiste DeKeyser (born in 1857, year of death unknown)
• Maxine Real Delsarte (1888 – 1954)
• Victor Joseph Ghislain Demanet (1895 – 1964)
• Isidore-Lievin De Rudder (1855 – 1943)
• Louis-Antoine de Smeth (1883 – 1964)
• Pieter De Soete (1886 – 1948)
• Godefroid Devreese (1861 – 1941)
• Auguste De Wever (born in 1856, year of death unknown)
• Paul-Maurice Dubois (1859 – 1938)
• Josuë Dupon (1864 – c. 1934-35)
• Louis Dupont (1896 – 1967)
• Toon Dupuis (1877 – 1937)
• Antoine Fisch (1827 – 1892)
• Joseph Fisch (1870 – 1916)
• Paul Fisch (born in 1865, year of death unknown)
• Jules Fonson
• Édouard Louis Geerts (1846 – 1889)
• Léon Gobert (1869 – 1935)
• Laurent Joseph Hart (1810 – 1860)
• Frans Jochems (1880 – 1949)
• Jules Jooris
• Jules Jourdain (born in 1883, year of death unknown)
• Jules Lagae (1862 – 1931)
• Karl Lateur
• Jean Lecroart (1883 – 1967)
• Dolf Ledel
• Hippolyte Le Roy (1857 – 1943)
• Alfonse "Alf" Mauquoy (1880 – 1954)
• Alphonse Michaux (1860 – 1928)
• Georges Petit (1879 – c. 1958-59)
• Joseph Arnold Pingret (1798 – 1862)
• René Pirart (born in 1887, died after 1952)
• Marcel Rau (1886 – 1966)
• Victor Rousseau (1865 – 1954)
• Charles Samuel (1862 – c. 1938-39)
• Henri Thiery (1875 – 1941)
• Robert van de Velde (1895 – 1978)
• Madeleine van Dionant (1903 – 1984)
• Philo Van Riel
• Georges Verbanck (1881 – 1961)
• Franz Vermeylen (1857 – 1922)
• Charles Wiener (1832 – 1888)
• Jacques Wiener (1815 – 1899)
• Léopold Wiener (1823 – 1891)
• Paul Wissaert (1885 – 1972)
• Joseph Witterwulghe (1883 – 1967)
• Marcel "Marc" Wolfers (1886 – 1976)
• Philippe Wolfers (1858 – 1929)

Producers of British Artist's Medals

• George Gammon Adams (1821 – 1898)
• Frank Bowcher (1864 – 1938)
• Sir Thomas Brock (1847 – 1922)
• Joseph Davis (died c. 1857)
• George William de Saulles (1862 – 1903)
• Joseph Fray
• Ernest George Gillick (1874 – 1951)
• Samuel Grün
• Thomas Halliday (born c. 1780, year of death unknown)
• John Henning (Scottish) (1771 – 1851)
• Percy Metcalfe (1895 – 1970)
• George Mills (c. 1792-93 – 1824)
• Philip R. Nathan (born in 1941)
• Francis Phillips
• Thomas Ryan Pinches (born in 1825, year of death unknown)
• Felicity Powell
• Thomas Webb (fl. 1797 – 1830)
• Alfred Benjamin Wyon (1837 – 1884)
• Joseph Shepherd Wyon (1836 – 1873)
• Leonard Charles Wyon (1826 – 1891)
• William Wyon (1795 – 1851)

Producers of Canadian Artist's Medals

• Walter Seymour Allward (1876 – 1955) Portrait and commemorative medals both struck and cast.
• Henry Birks (1840 – 1928)
• Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913-) Portrait and commemorative medals both struck and cast.
• Christian Cardell Corbet (1966-) Portrait and commemorative medals both struck and cast, traditional methods and experimental.

Producers of Croatian Artist's Medals

• Ivo Kerdic (1881 – 1953)

Producers of Czech Artist's Medals

• Jaroslav Brůha
• Jirí Harcuba
• Jaroslav Horejc (1886 – 1983)
• Miroslav Mlynář
• Josef Vaclav Myslbek (1848 – 1922)
• Věnoval Pichl
• Marian Polonski
• Otakar Španiel (Bohemian) (1881 – 1955)

Producers of Danish Artist's Medals

• Anders Nyborg
• Harald Salomon (Kristiania, now that: Oslo(N) 8.5.1900 - 10.9.1990 ? )

Producers of Dutch Artist's Medals

• Carel Josef Begeer
• Floris de Cuyper (1875 – 1965)
• Johann Cornelius Wienecke (1872 – 1945)

Producers of Finnish Artist's Medals

• Eila Hiltunen (1922 – 2003)
• Kimmo Pyykkö (born 1940)
• Gerda Franziska Quist (1883 – 1957)
• Kauko Räsänen (born 1926)

Producers of French Artist's Medals

• Henri Émile Allouard (1844 – 1929)
• Léonce Alloy (fl. 1899 – 1942)
• Charles Altorffer (1809 – 1887)
• René Jean Louis Andréi (born in 1906)
• Jean-Bertrand Andrieu (1761 – 1822)
• Roger B. Baron (1907 – 1994)
• Albert Désiré Barre (1818 – 1878)
• Jean-Auguste Barre (1811 – 1896)
• Jacques-Jean Barre (also often styled "Jean-Jacques Barre") (1793 – 1855)
• Anna Bass
• René Baudichon (1878 – 1963)
• Léon-Georges Baudry (1898 – 1978)
• Lucien Georges Bazor (1889 – 1974)
• Paul Belmondo (1898 – 1982)
• Raoul René Alphonse Bénard (1881 – 1961)
• Arthus Bertrand
• Louis Charles Beylard (1843 – 1925)
• Roger Bezombes (1913 – 1994)
• Jane L. Blanchot
• Léon-Alexandre Blanchot (1868 – 1947)
• Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877 – 1946)
• Max Blondat (1872 – 1925)
• Émile André Boisseau (1842 – 1923)
• Alfred Borrel (1836 – 1927)
• Louis-Alexandre Bottée (1852 – 1941)
• Louis Maximilien Bourgeois (1839 – 1901)
• Laurent Burger (1897 – 1969)
• Armand-Auguste Caqué (1793 – 1881)
• Lucien Jean Henri Cariat (1874 – 1925)
• Louis-Félix Chabaud (1824 – 1902)
• Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839 – 1909)
• Maurice Charon
• Roger-Louis Chavanon
• Jean-Louis Chorel (born in 1875, year of death unknown)
• François André Clémencin (born in 1878, year of death unknown)
• Robert Cochet (born in 1903, year of death unknown)
• Georges Contaux
• Raymond Corbin (born in 1907)
• Marie Alexandre-Lucien Coudray (1864 – 1932)
• Marcel Louis Maurice Courbier (1898 – 1976)
• Robert Coutre (born in 1915)
• Léopold Georges Crouzat (1904 – 1976)
• Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885 – 1939?)
• Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1849 – 1899)
• Joseph Dantzell (1805 – 1877)
• Pierre-Victor Dautel (1873 – 1954?)
• Georgette Daveline
• Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788 – 1856)
• Louis Auguste Ernest Davin (born in 1866, year of death unknown)
• Charles-Jean-Marie Degeorge (1837 – 1888)
• Albert De Jaeger
• Raymond Henri Philippe Delamarre (1890 – 1986)
• Maurice Delannoy (1885 – 1972)
• Jean-Marie Delpech
• André Deluol (born in 1909)
• Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747 – 1825)
• Albin François de Possesse (born in 1888, year of death unknown)
• Jean-Pierre Casimir de Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin (1757 – 1841)
• Alphonse Desaide
• Jules Desbois (1851 – 1935)
• Léon Julien Deschamps (born in 1860, year of death unknown)
• Louis Desvignes
• Jacques Devigne
• Joseph François Domard (1792 – 1858)
• Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy (1848 – 1923)
• Henri Dropsy (1885 – 1969)
• Alphée Dubois (1831 – 1905)
• Henri Alfred Auguste Dubois (1853? – 1943)
• Thérèse Dufresne (born in 1937)
• Auguste Dujardin (born in 1847, year of death unknown)
• Rambert Dumarest (1760 – 1806)
• Augustin Dupré (1748 – 1833)
• Georges Dupré (1869 – 1909)
• Guillaume Dupré (1574? – 1647?)
• Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730 – 1819)
• Johanna Ebertz
• Claude Emmel
• Étienne-Victor Exbrayat (1879 – 1914)
• Charles Maurice Favre-Bertin (born in 1847, year of death unknown)
• Daniel G. Flourat (1928 – 1968)
• Charles Forster
• Édouard Fraisse (1880 – 1945)
• Jean Gallo (born in 1916)
• André Léon Galtié (born in 1908)
• Hippolyte Marius Galy
• Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux (1788 – 1881)
• Raymond Gayrard (1777 – 1858)
• Lucien Gibert (1904 – 1988)
• Ferdinand Gilbault (1837 – 1926)
• Léon Gobert (1869 – 1935)
• Paul Grandhomme
• Geneviève Granger (1877 – 1967)
• Henri Léon Greber (1855 – 1941)
• René Grégoire (1871 – 1945)
• Hélène Guastalla (1903 – 1983)
• Paul Louis Guilbert (born in 1886, year of death unknown)
• Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1892? – 1967)
• Georges Guiraud (1901 – 1989)
• Aleth Jeanne Antoinette Guzman-Nageotte (1904 – 1978)
• Emmanuel Hannaux (1855 – 1934)
• Jacques Hardy
• Auguste Albert Herbemont (born in 1874, died after 1951)
• Benoit Lucien Hercule (1846 – 1913)
• Léon Auguste César Hodebert (1854? – 1914)
• Roland Irolla
• Joaquin Jimenez (born in 1956)
• Jean Joachim (1905 – 1990)
• Raymond Joly (born in 1911)
• Sylvain Kinsburger (1855 – 1935)
• Abel Lafleur (1875 – 1953)
• Jean Lagrange (1831 – 1908)
• René J. Lalique (1860 – 1945)
• Léon Lamer (1889 – 1926)
• Raoul-Eugène Lamourdedieu (1877 – 1953)
• Alfred Désiré Lanson (1851 – 1898?)
• Gaston Lavrillier
• Jean le Blanc (c. 1676-77 – 1749)
• Arthur Jacques Le Duc (1848 – 1918)
• Hippolyte-Jules Lefèbvre (1863 – 1935)
• Jules-Prosper Joseph Marie Edmond Legastelois (1855 – 1931)
• Georges Henri Lemaire (1853 – 1914)
• Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879 – 1953)
• Claude Lesot
• Jules Auréle L'Hommeau
• Marcel Prosper Lordonnois
• Auguste A. Maillard (1866? – 1944)
• Claude-Léon Mascaux (born in 1882, year of death unknown)
• André Arthur Paul Massoulle (1851 – 1901)
• Jean Mauger (c. 1648 – 1722)
• Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845 – 1916)
• René Mérelle (born in 1903)
• Louis Merley (1815 – 1883)
• Émile Adolphe Monier (1883 – 1970)
• Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789 – 1862)
• Blanche Adèle Moria (1859 – 1927)
• Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878 – 1951)
• Mélanie "Anie" Mouroux
• Louis Muller (1902 – 1957)
• Henri Naudé
• Paul François Niclausse (1879 – 1958)
• Eugène-André Oudiné (1810 – 1887?)
• Henri Auguste Jules Patey (1855 – 1930)
• Louis Patriarche (1872 – 1955)
• Jean William Henri Pécou (born in 1854, year of death unknown)
• Raymond "Ray" Pelletier (1907 – 1958)
• Ludovic Penin (1830 – 1868)
• Peter Victor (1840 – 1918?)
• Henri Marius Petit
• Jean-Claude Petit (born in 1945)
• Louis-Michel Petit (1791 – 1844)
• Émile Edmond Peynot (1850 – 1932)
• Charles-Louis Picaud
• Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet (1869 – 1960)
• Pierre Marie Poisson (1876 – 1953)
• Daniel Ponce (born in 1933)
• François-Joseph-Hubert Ponscarmé (1827 – 1903)
• Pierre Pradeilhes (1919 – 2003)
• Victor-Émile Prouvé (1858 – 1943)
• Georges Henri Prud'homme (1873 – 1947)
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 – 1898)
• Marcel Claude Renard (c. 1892-93 – 1974)
• Ernest Révillon
• René Riberon
• Dr. Paul M. L. Pierre Richer (1849 – 1833)
• Georges Ridet (1906 – 1967)
• André Adolphe Rivaud (born in 1892, year of death unknown)
• Adolphe O. Rivet (born in 1855, year of death unknown)
• Pierre Roche (1855 – 1922)
• Joseph-Charles Roettiers (c. 1691-92 – 1779)
• Émile Rogat (1770? – 1852)
• Louis-Oscar Roty (1846 – 1911)
• André Pierre Salés (born in 1860, year of death unknown)
• André Pierre Schwab (born in 1883, year of death unknown)
• Georges Simon
• Gérard Suzeau-Villeneuve
• Maurice René G. Thénot (1893 – 1963)
• Raymond Tschudin (born in 1916, year of death unknown)
• Pierre Turin (1891 – 1968)
• André Vauthier-Galle (1818 – 1899)
• Antoine Vechte (1800? – 1868)
• Frédéric-Charles-Victor de Vernon (1858 – 1912)
• Elie Jean Vézien (born in 1890, year of death unknown)
• Charles Louis Eugène Virion (1865 – 1946)
• Hubert Yencesse (born in 1900)
• Ovide Yencesse (1869 – 1947)

Producers of German Artist's Medals

• Antonio, Cirillo dell' (1876 – 1971)
• Abraham Abramson (1754 – 1811)
• Friedrich Johannes Maximilian "Max" Barduleck (1846 – 1923)
• Egon Beckenbauer (1913 – 1999)
• Gertrud Bergmann (1910 – 1985)
• Josef Bernhart (1883 – 1967)
• Thomas Alois Börsch (1855 – 1923)
• Rudolf Bosselt (1871 – 1938)
• Ferdinand von Brakenhausen (1835 – 1895)
• Friedrich Brehmer (1815 – 1889)
• Maximilian Dasio (1865 – 1954)
• Lissy Eckart-Aigner (1891 – 1974)
• Benno Elkan (1877 – 1960)
• Franz Eue
• Bruno Eyermann (1888 – 1955)
• Oscar Glöckler
• Karl Goetz (1875 – 1950)
• Ludwig Habich (born in 1872, year of death unknown)
• Ludwig Hohlwein (1874 – 1949)
• Heinrich Hosaeus
• Ludwig Christoph Lauer (1817 – 1873)
• Wolfgang Lauer
• Gottfried Bernhard Loos (c. 1773-74 – 1843)
• Carl Heinrich Lorenz (1810 – 1870s)
• Johann Jacob Lorenz (1845 – 1887)
• Wilhelm Mayer (born in 1840, year of death unknown)
• Heinrich Moshage (1896 – 1968)
• August Neuss
• Otto Oertel (died in 1892)
• Erich Ott (born in 1944)
• Cristoph Karl Pfeuffer (died in 1861)
• Emil Schilling
• Christian Schnitzspahn (1829 – 1877)
• Heinrich von Schwabe (1847 – 1907)
• Hans Schwegerle (1882 – 1950)
• Paul Sturm (1859 – 1936)
• Diedrich Uhlhorn (died in 1837)
• Carl Friedrich Voigt (1800 – 1874)
• Heinrich Maria Waderé (1865 – 1950)
• Franz Wilhelm (born in 1846, year of death unknown)
• Albert Moritz Wolff (1854 – 1923)

Producers of Hungarian Artist's Medals

• Jenõ Bory (1879 – 1959)
• Gyula Murányi (1881 – 1920)
• Pal Patzo (1886 – 1945)

Producers of Irish Artist's Medals

• Laurence Campbell
• Gabriel Hayes O'Riordan

Producers of Israeli Artist's Medals

• Reuven Rubin (1893 – 1974)

Producers of Italian Artist's Medals

• Costantino Affer (born in 1906)
• Donnino Bentelli (1807 – 1885)
• Floriano Bodini (1933 – 2005)
• Francesco Broggi (died in 1857)
• Silvio Canevari
• Pietro Canonica (1869 – 1959)
• Demetrio Canzani
• Andrea Carriello
• Vincenzo Catenacci (1786 – 1855)
• Giuseppe Cerbara (1770 – 1856)
• Nicola Cerbara (c. 1793-95 – 1869)
• Pietro Cinganelli
• Luigi Cossa (died in 1850)
• Antonio Fabris (1792 – 1865)
• Giuseppe Ferraris (1794 – 1869)
• Roberto Francesconi
• Giuseppe Galeazzi
• Ettore Galli (1811 – 1841)
• Stefano Girola
• Giuseppe Girometti (1780 – 1851)
• Pietro Girometti (died in 1860)
• Emilio Greco (1913 – 1995)
• Gioacchino Hamerani (1766 – 1797)
• Giovanni Hamerani (1774 – 1846)
• Michele Laudicina
• Amedeo Lavy (c. 1770 – 1826)
• Luigi Mainoni (died in 1853)
• Giuseppe Malavasi (died in 1855)
• Luigi Manfredini (1771 – 1840)
• Tommaso Mercandetti (1758 – 1821)
• Vittorio Nesti
• Giovanni Pasinati (born in 1755, year of death unknown)
• Giuseppe Pasinati (1756 – 1829)
• Salvator Passamonti
• Giuseppe Pirrone (1898 – 1978)
• Pisanello (c. 1380-95 – c. 1450-55)
• Francesco Putinati (c. 1775 – 1848)
• Gerolamo Vassallo (1771 – 1819)
• Giovan Battista Vichi (1774 – 1849)
• Gaetano Zapparelli (1792 – 1863)

Producers of Monégasque (Monaco) Artist's Medals

• Pierre Lovy

Producers of Polish Artist's Medals