(b Basle, 30 April 1868; d Basle, 14 March 1947). Swiss medallist, goldsmith and sculptor. He began a three-year engraving apprenticeship at the age of 14 and first worked as an engraver and medallist in Vienna, attending the Goldschmied- und Ciseleurschule while also continuing to study goldsmithing and engraving in Germany. In 1893 he attended classes in sculpture and engraving at the Ecole des Arts Industriels and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, and in 1894-6 he studied at the Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure des Arts D?coratifs in Paris, coming into contact with the medallist Oscar Roty. In 1896-7 he studied sculpture at the Acad?mie Julian in Paris, also undertaking work for jewellery manufacturers in his Paris studio from 1896. He returned to Basle in 1898 and set up on his own, achieving an international reputation. The major part of his output consisted of over 400 medals and plaques commemorating jubilees, festivals, dedications and foundations. The most interesting examples were portrait medals, which he executed in a simple style (e.g. Jakob Burckhardt, tin, 1898; Basle, Hist. Mus.), and self-portraits (e.g. in 1896 and 1928, silver; Basle, Hist. Mus.). He also created sculptures in the round such as figures for fountains and funerary monuments, including the tomb of Albert Anker (1912; in situ) in Ins, as well as cast and embossed plates for tombs, cups and mugs, pieces made in gold and a large number of seal dies.

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