Medallic art

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

Art 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.

Art 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.

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Significant medallic artists by nationality

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

American medallic artists

Argentine medallic artists

Australian medallic artists

Austrian medallic artists

Belgian medallic artists

British medallic artists

Canadian medallic artists

Croatian medallic artists

Czech medallic artists

Danish medallic artists

Dutch medallic artists

Finnish medallic artists

French medallic artists

German medallic artists

Hungarian medallic artists

Irish medallic artists

Israeli medallic artists

Italian medallic artists

Lithuanian medallic artists

Monégasque (Monaco) medallic artists

Polish medallic artists

Portuguese medallic artists

Romanian medallic artists

Russian medallic artists

Slovak medallic artists

Spanish medallic artists

Swedish medallic artists

Swiss medallic artists

Mints Specializing in Art Medals

References

  1. ^ "Andor Mészáros, Medal Maker (1900-1972)". museumvictoria.com.au. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/1828/andor-m-sz-ros-medal-maker-1900-1972. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Michael Meszaros, Sculptor & Medallist (1945-)". museumvictoria.com.au. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/2230/michael-meszaros-sculptor-medallist-1945. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Richards, Sara . In search of creativity: a song without words, The Medal, No. 56, Spring 2010, pp. 51-62