Annoté en haut : "Pour la conservation des forêts, des paysages et des beautés naturelles du sol". Devise de la première médaille : 'Terrarum decus'. Devise de la deuxième médaille : 'Sylvae servandae'.

About the author(s)

Author:

Jules Clément Chaplain

Also known as:

Jules-Clement Chaplain

Jules-Clément Chaplain

Born:

12th Jul, 1839

Dead:

13th Jul, 1909

Country:

France

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Jules-Clément Chaplain (12 July 1839 – 13 July 1909) was a French sculptor and one of its finest medallists. With Louis Oscar Roty (1846–1911) he helped found the Art Nouveau movement. Chaplain was born in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, and in 1857 entered the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied sculpture under François Jouffroy and medals under Eugène Oudiné. In 1863 he won the Prix de Rome for medal-engraving and worked in Rome 1864-1868. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1863, receiving… Read more...