French

Germaine Rességuier-Lagriffoul was born in 1908. He attended the École des Beaux-Art in Marseille then the l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He created an extensive body of medals

Pierre-Marie Poisson was born on 19 November 1876 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later moved to Paris to study sculpture. He received a scholarship for the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria in 1908. He worked primarily as a sculptor and only turned to creating medals later in his career.

Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu (1877-1953) was born at Faugerolles (Lot-et-Garonne). He studied at the École des Beaux Arts at Bordeaux. He won the Prix de la Ville de Bordeaux at the age of twenty. He moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux Arts. Be became a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d’Automne. He created numerous medals and sculpture in carved wood and other materials.

André Léon Galtié was born in Toulouse on February 26, 1908. He won a silver medal in 1944 at the Salon des artists Français. Galtié died at Briançon on August 4, 1983.

Albert De Jaeger was born on October 28, 1908 in Roubaix. He won a first prize at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Roubaix et de Tourcoing. He later studies at l’École National des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. He was a student of Bouchard, Dropsy and Despiau. In 1935 he won the Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving. He won accolades during his distinguished career. De Jaeger died on May 19, 1992.