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1871 Shavely, Russia - 1924 New York City. Known for: Sculptor-portrait medals, medallions.
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From Lithuania, Victor Brenner became a noted medallion and coin sculptor, and was the designer of the 1909 Lincoln head penny, which commemorated the centennial birth date of Abraham Lincoln. It was... Read full biography
From Lithuania, Victor Brenner became a noted medallion and coin sculptor, and was the designer of the 1909 Lincoln head penny, which commemorated the centennial birth date of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first penny to have the wording "In God We Trust" (that motto had first appeared in 1864 on a... Read full biography
From Lithuania, Victor Brenner became a noted medallion and coin sculptor, and was the designer of the 1909 Lincoln head penny, which commemorated the centennial birth date of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first penny to have the wording "In God We Trust" (that motto had first appeared in 1864 on a two-cent coin that was discontinued). Brenner studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1890. Based in New York, he was a member of the National Sculpture Society,... Read full biography
From Lithuania, Victor Brenner became a noted medallion and coin sculptor, and was the designer of the 1909 Lincoln head penny, which commemorated the centennial birth date of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first penny to have the wording "In God We Trust" (that motto had first appeared in 1864 on a two-cent coin that was discontinued). Brenner studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1890. Based in New York, he was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the National Arts Club, and the Architectural League. His work can be found at the Architectural League in New York, the Metropolitan Museum, the Paris Mint, and the Vienna Numismatic Society. Source:. Donald Martin Reynolds, "Masters of American... Read full biography
From Lithuania, Victor Brenner became a noted medallion and coin sculptor, and was the designer of the 1909 Lincoln head penny, which commemorated the centennial birth date of Abraham Lincoln. It was the first penny to have the wording "In God We Trust" (that motto had first appeared in 1864 on a two-cent coin that was discontinued). Brenner studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1890. Based in New York, he was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the National Arts Club, and the Architectural League. His work can be found at the Architectural League in New York, the Metropolitan Museum, the Paris Mint, and the Vienna Numismatic Society. Source:. Donald Martin Reynolds, "Masters of American Sculpture". Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Medallic Art, Medallions, Medals, Coin Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
Art Subject
- •Abraham Lincoln
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •J. Sanford Saltus Prize/Medal, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts