A medallist or medalist (see spelling differences) is an artist who designs medals, plaquettes, badges, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Art medals are a well-known and highly collected form of small bronze sculpture, most often in bronze, and are considered a form of exonumia. "Medalist/medallist" is confusingly the same word used in sport and other areas (but not usually in military contexts) for the winner of a medal as an award. Medallists very often also design, or produce the dies for coins as well. In modern times medallists are mostly primarily sculptors of larger works, but in the past the number of medals and coins produced were sufficient to allow specialists who spent most of their career producing them. Medallists are also often confusingly referred to as "engravers" in reference works, referring to the "engraving" of dies, although this is often in fact not the technique used; however many also worked in engraving the technique in printmaking.
Art medals have been produced since the late Renaissance period, and, after some classical precedents and Late Medieval revivals, the form was essentially invented by Pisanello, who is credited with the first portrait medal, which has remained a very popular type. He cast them like bronze sculptures, rather than minting them like coins.
By nationality An incomplete list, biased towards the 19th-century onwards; see also :Category:Medallists. (Note: Where an artist is best known by other than their first given name, the commonly used name is highlighted in boldface.)
Argentinian
Soto Avendaño José Bellagamba Alfredo Bigatti (1898 – 1964) Ernesto de la Cárcova (1866 – 1927) Arturo Dresco (1875 – 1961) Juan Gottuzzo (1858 Buenos Aires – 1924 Buenos Aires)Collection Rosatto, Spanish, retrieved 20 December 2013 José Horta Jorge Maria Lubary (1862 Buenos Aires – 1938 Buenos Aires). Signature: J.M.LUBARY Victor de Pol (1865 Venice – 1925 Buenos Aires)
Francisco Alberto Rossi (1878 Buenos Aires - ). Signature AF. Rossi. Marcos Constante Rossi (1872 Buenos Aires - 1940?). Signature C. Rossi.
Australian
Ernst August Altmann (circa 1850-1920), jeweller, die-maker and engraver. W.J. Amor, Sculptor, (1860 England – after 1947 Sydney, New South Wales) William Leslie Bowles, Sculptor, (1885 Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales - 1954 Frankston, Victoria) Stuart Leslie Devlin, Sculptor, (1931 Geelong, Victoria - 2018 Chichester, United Kingdom) Vladimir Gottwald (born 1950 in Czechia) Horst Hahne, Chief Engraver of the Royal Australian Mint Canberra (born 1940 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Stanley James Hammond MBE, Sculptor, 1913 Trentham, Victoria – 2000 Melbourne, VictoriaStanley HAMMOND in: National Gallery of Victoria, retrieved 17 October 2014Stanley James Hammond in: Australian Art Auction Records, retrieved 17 October 2014 Rayner Hoff (1894 – 1937) Ing Jong (since 2011 coin designer at Perth Mint) Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863 – 1931) Andor Mészáros (1900 – 1972) Michael Meszaros (born 1945) Mark Nodea (born 1968 Derby, Western Australia) Dora Ohlfsen (1877 – 1948) Wojciech Pietranik (born 1950) Charles Douglas Richardson (1853 – 1932) Signature: CDM Harry Stokes (active 1880 – 1901) Signature: H.S. Thomas Stokes (1831 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England – 1910 Alphington, Melbourne, Victoria) founder of Stokes & Son in 1893. Jeanette Timbery (born 1941 La Perouse, Sydney)
Austrian
(born 1973 in Linz, Oberösterreich) Michael Blümelhuber (1865 – 1936) (born 1924 in Vienna — died 2017 in Kirchberg am Wechsel) Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834 Vienna, Austria – 1890 London, England) (1869 – 1930) Josef Cesar (1814 – 1876) Josef Christian Christlbauer (1827 – 1897) Hans Dietrich (1868 – 1936) Ignaz Donner (1752 – 1803) (1802 – 1974) (1882 – 1987) Josef Fabi (1780 Mint-warden at Günzburg on the Maria Theresia Thalers). Signature: S.F. in conjunction with Tobias Johann Schöbel. Emil Fuchs (1866 – 1929) Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751 – 1818) Edwin Grienauer (1893 – 1964) (born 1933) Grete Hartmann (1869 – 1946) née Chrobak Philipp Häusler (1887 Panczowa, Hungary, today Pančevo, Serbia - 1966 Frankfurt am Main) Alfred Hofmann (1879 – 1958) Otto Hofner (1879 – 1946) Ludwig Hujer (1872 – 1968) Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928 – 2000) (1833 – 1912) (1954 Bač, Vojvodina -) Heinrich Ernst Karl (1781 Vienna – 1854 Kremnitz) Josef Köblinger (1912 Innsbruck – 1960)Josef Köblinger in: Austrian Engravers. Retrieved 3 December 2013 (1911 Steyr – 1995 Steyr, Oberösterreich, Austria) Franz Kounitzky (1880 Vienna – 1928 Eichgraben) Ernst Wilhelm Kubiena (1902 Neutitschein, Moravia – 1973 Salzburg) Friedrich Leisek (1839 Vienna - 1914 Vienna) Rudolf Marschall (1873 – 1967) (1929 – 2019)
Rudolf Neuberger (1861 – 1916) (1865 – 1906) Karl Perl (1876 Liezen, Styria – 1965 Vienna) (born 1952 in Marchtrenk, Oberösterreich) Signature: TP Wolfgang Pichl (1931 Innsbruck - 2003 Linz, Austria) Anton Pittner (1814 – 1892) (Bohemian, 1880–1962) Michael Powolny (1871 Judenburg, Styria, Austria – 1954 Vienna) (1818 Vienna – 1901 Vienna) Hans Schaefer (1875 Sternberg, Moravia – 1933 Chicago, Illinois) (1845 – 1903) Rudolf Schmidt (1894 – 1980) Tobias Johann Schöbel (1762 – 1789). Mint-master at Günzburg. Signature: S.F. in conjunction with Josef Fabi. Josef Schön (1809 Vienna – 1843 Vienna, Austria). Signature: I. SCHÖN Stefan Schwartz (1851 Neutra, Hungary – 1924 Raabs an der Thaya, Austria) Johann Schwerdtner (1834 – 1920) Franz Stiasny (1881 – 1941) Josef Hermann Tautenhayn (1837 – 1911) Josef Johann Tautenhayn (1868 Speising bei Wien – 1962 Vienna)Tautenhayn Josef in: Wladimir Aichelburg 150 Jahre Künstlerhaus Wien 1861-2011, German, retrieved 31 January 2014 (1929 Matrei/Brenner, Tyrol – 2010 Vienna) Oskar Thiede (1879 – 1961) Ascher Wappenstein (about 1780 Kraków, today in Poland -) Carl Waschmann (1848 – 1905) Anton Rudolf Weinberger (1879 – 1936?) (1915 – 2008) (1753 – 1811) Franz Zeichner (1778 – 1862) Alfred Zierler (born 1933) Helmut Zobl (born 1941)
Belgian
Jules Baetes (1861 – 1937) (1883 – 1973) Alasia Borghese (born 1926) Joseph-Pierre Braemt (1796 – 1864) Georges André Brunet (1902 Brussels – 1986) (1882 – 1966) Albert Carlens (1789 – 1873) Guillaume Charlier (1854 – 1925) Eugène Jean De Bremaecker (1879 – 1963) Oscar de Clerck (1892 Oostende – 1968 Sint-Stevens-Woluwe) Floris de Cuyper (1875 – 1965) Paul De Greef (1926 – 1988) (1885 – 1973) (1786 – 1862) Jean-Baptiste DeKeyser (born 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 Courtrai (Flanders) – 1941 Brussels, Belgium) Auguste De Wever (born 1856, year of death unknown) Paul-Maurice Dubois (1859 – 1938) Josuë Dupon (1864 – 1935) (1896 – 1967) Toon Dupuis (1877 – 1937) Antoine Fisch (1827 – 1892) Joseph Fisch (1870 – 1916) Paul Fisch (1865 Brussels - ?) son of Antoine Fisch François Auguste Fonson (1845 - 1920) Jean-Barthélemy Fonson (1808 - 1882) Jules Fonson (1871 – 1937) Édouard Louis Geerts (1846 Brussels – 1889 Ixelles) Léon Gobert (1869 – 1935) Laurent Joseph Hart (1810 – 1860) Frans Jochems (1880 – 1949) Jules Jooris Jules Jourdain (1873 Namur – 1957 Brussels) Adolphe Christian Jouvenel (1798 – 1867) (born 1940) Jules Lagae (1862 – 1931) Karl Lateur (1873 - 1949) Paul Lateur (1909 - 1993) Jean Lecroart (1883 Laeken near Brussels – 1967) (1893 – 1976) Hippolyte Le Roy (1857 Liège – 1943 Ghent) Luc Luycx (born 1958) Alfonse "Alf" Mauquoy (1880 Antwerp – 1954) Alphonse Michaux (1860 – 1928) (1879 – 1958) Joseph Arnold Pingret (1798 – 1862) René Pirart (1887 – 1952) (1886 – 1966) Jacques II Roëttiers (1698 Bromley, Kent – 1772 Brussels) Victor Rousseau (1865 – 1954) Charles Samuel (1862 – 1939) Henri Thiery (1875 – 1941) Robert van de Velde (1895 – 1978) Madeleine van Dionant (1903 – 1984) Philo Van Riel Geo Verbanck (1881 – 1961) Franz Vermeylen (1857 Louvain – 1922) (1803 – 1883) Thomas Jules Vinçotte (1850 Antwerp-Borgerhout – 1925 Brussels) (1832 – 1888) Jacob Wiener (1815 Kamp-Lintfort-Hoerstgen – 1899 Brussels) (1823 – 1891) François Wissaert (1855 Brussels – 1929 Overijse) Paul Wissaert (1885 – 1972) Joseph Witterwulghe (1883 Brussels – 1967 Ukkel near Brussels). Engraver of medals commemorating WW1. Marcel "Marc" Wolfers (1886 Brussels – 1976) Philippe Wolfers (1858 – 1929) Jean Würden (1807 Cologne – 1874 Brussels). Signature: WURDEN
Bermudian
Eldon Trimingham III (born 1956)
British
George Gammon Adams (1821 – 1898) Abigail Burt (born 1989). British Art Medal Society Medallist William Henry James Blakemore, Engraver, (1871 Birmingham, West Midlands – 1945 Croydon, South London) Signature: WHJB Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834 Vienna, Austria – 1890 London, England) Matthew Boulton (1728 Birmingham – 1809 Birmingham) Frank Bowcher (1864 Islington – 1938 London) Sir Thomas Brock (1847 – 1922) William Brown (Gem-engraver) (1748 – 1825 London) Edward Geoffrey Brian Colley (born 1934 Gillingham, Kent) John Croker (1670-1741) Linda Crook (born 1943). British Art Medal Society Medallist Joseph Davis (died c. 1857) Ron Dutton (born 1935). British Art Medal Society Medallist George William de Saulles (1862 – 1903) Signatures: "DES", "DS", or "WS". Robert Elderton (Born 1948) Elkington & Co. (1861 Birmingham - 1963) Thomas Fattorini Ltd (from c 1860s). British Art Medal Society Medallist Arthur Fenwick (active in Birmingham 1888 - 1951) Joseph Fray (active in Birmingham 1873 - 1951) William Maving Gardner (1914 – 2000). Signature WG Ernest George Gillick (1874 – 1951) Mary Gaskell Gillick OBE (1881 – 1965)
Thomas Halliday (c. 1780–?) John Gregory Hancock (active in Birmingham 1775 – 1815) Ralph Heaton & Sons Signature H (Heaton's Mint), Birmingham John Henning (Scottish) (1771 – 1851) Michael Hibbit, (born 1947 in London, died 2009 in Seattle) Mathew Holland, of Bigbury Mint Ltd (Born 1963), British Art Medal Society Medallist, Bigbury Mint also award the Annual Student Medal Prize Thomas Wells Ingram (1799 Warwickshire – 1844 Birmingham, England) Christopher Ironside, OBE (1913 London, England – 1992 Winchester, Hampshire) Henry Kettle & Sons (active in Birmingham 1792 – 1830) George Kruger Grey (1880 London, England – 1943 Chichester West Sussex, England). Signature: GK Alphonse Legros (1837 – 1911). British Art Medal Society Medallist John Lobban (1919-1996) "one of Britain’s foremost numismatic artists" — ref British Art Medal Society (BAMS) Arthur Immanuel Loewental (1879 – 1964) Arnold Machin (1911 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire – 1999 Eccleshall near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England), Signature: RDM John Maine (born 1942). British Art Medal Society Medallist Raphael David Maklouf (born 1937 in Jerusalem, Israel) Maurice Frank Meers (1929 - 2012 Streetly, Staffordshire) Percy Metcalfe (1895 – 1970) George Mills (1792/3 – 1824) John Mills (1933-2023) Joseph Moore (1817-1892) Nichola Moss (born 1960). British Art Medal Society Medallist Philip R. Nathan (born 1941) Signature: PN Jane McAdam Freud (born 1958) Johann Rudolf Ochs (1704 Berne, Switzerland – 1788 London)L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Volume IV, London 1909, p. 298-299 John Ottley (active in Birmingham 1790 – 1850) Thomas Ottley (active in Birmingham 1852 – 1931) Martin Page. British Art Society (BAMS) Medallist Thomas Humphrey Paget, Sculptor, (1893 Watford, Hertfordshire near London, England – 1974 Sussex). Signature: HP Ronald Penell (born 1935). British Art Society (BAMS) Medallist John Phillp (1778 Falmouth, Cornwall – 1815 Birmingham). Artist at Boulton's Soho Mint since 1793. Francis Phillips Catherine Pilkington John Pinches (1916 – 2007) John Pinches Snr (1825 Birmingham – 1905 London) John Harvey Pinches (1852 – 1941) John Robert Pinches (1884 – 1968) Thomas Ryan Pinches (1825 Birmingham – ?)