Tag: Coin Designers and Engravers.
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Jacques-Jean Barre, 1790 – 1855. French engraver.
Jacques-Jean Barre was a French artist born in Paris on August 3, 1793, and died in the same city on June 10, 1855. He was the Chief Engraver of Coins at the Monnaie de Paris from 1843 to 1855 and is known for creating the Great Seal of France as well as the first two…
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Désiré-Albert Barre, 1818 – 1878. French engraver.
Désiré-Albert Barre (1818-1878) was a French painter, stamp designer, and medal engraver. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and was a pupil of Paul Delaroche. Barre exhibited biblical subjects at the Salon de Paris from 1843 to 1851 and won a third-class medal in 1846. He painted frescoes in the chapel of…
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Wojciech Pietranik. (Born 1950)
Wojciech Pietranik was born in 1950 in the city of Gdansk, Poland. He began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk at the age of 20. He graduated in 1975 with an honors diploma. Wojciech moved to Australia in 1985 where he undertook a variety of jobs as well as teaching sculpture. During…
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Ian Rank-Broadley. (Born 1952)
In 1952 Ian Rank-Broadley was born at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, growing up and then studying at the Epsom School of Art, where he studied sculpture under Bruce McLean, moving on to the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, with Post-graduate studies under Reg Butler, Michael Kenny & John Davies. Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS is a…