DRURY, ALFRED (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor, Medallist, and Chaser, Member of the Society of Medallists of London. Born in 1857; A.R.A. 1900; a pupil of Dalou, whose assistant he became. The first result was the curious echo of the master's style, "The Triumph of Silenus " (1885), "The Genius of Sculpture'' and "The First Reflection" (bought by the Queen of Saxony), and " The Evening Prayer" were followed by the statue of " Circe " (1893), which through its grace, elegance of line, and symbolical realization of the subject, achieved a great popular success and was acquired by Leeds. " Mr. Drury's quiet, suave, and contemplative art lends itself well as decorative sculpture to architectural embellishment. His portraiture is also good, reticent, and full of character, and as a manipulator of clay he represents the highest contemporary standard of English sculptors". (Encycl. Brit., XXXII, p. 478). In 1897, he executed a bronze panel to commemorate the completion of the Blackwall Tunnel, and he intends giving his attention now to medallic productions. The "Magazine of Art" for March, 1900, has devoted an interesting article to the work of this eminent sculptor. The writer, Mr. Baldry, sums up his essay with the following words : " It must be recorded that Mr. Drury has made a definite success as a decorator. He has just those mental qualities which help an artist to take high rank among the best masters of design—whole some imagination, sound taste and a correct sense of arrangement of lines and masses. He has too, a sincere love ot beauty and an unerring instinct, that leads him to choose exactly what is worthiest of record in the subject before him. His realism is exact and searching, minute in its accuracy and complete in its record ; but it is governed always by a true perception of the fitness of things, and never wastes itself upon anything unworthy or undecorative. Added to all these natural qualities, that play each their proper part in his artistic personality, is the second nature that has come to him as a result of his French training, with its solid equipment of technical device and its inspiring suggestions as to observation and selection. By nature and education he has been fitted for the part he is playing in the art world, and he is taking his place among the best men of his time because he is amply qualified to be of their company, not because he has been pushed into accidental prominence by some lucky series of events. '
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
DEVENET, CLAUDE
DEVENET, CLAUDE (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Uchizy; pupil of Patey, and G. Lemaire. His Portrait-medal of M. J. B. Giraud, keeper of the Archaeological Museum of Lyons, was exhibited at the Salon of 1894 and attracted well deserved attention. A plaquette by him of a Breton girl is " illustrated in R. Marx, “ Les Médailleurs contemporains. " —I have seen another of Mme Devenet, the artist's wife ; — Mâconnaise ; — Bressane (illustrated); — Jeanne D***; — Jeanne P***; — Mme M. P***, ...
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DEVENET, CLAUDE (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Uchizy; pupil of Patey, and G. Lemaire. His Portrait-medal of M. J. B. Giraud, keeper of the Archaeological Museum of Lyons, was exhibited at the Salon of 1894 and attracted well deserved attention. A plaquette by him of a Breton girl is " illustrated in R. Marx, “ Les Médailleurs contemporains. " —I have seen another of Mme Devenet, the artist's wife ; — Mâconnaise ; — Bressane (illustrated); — Jeanne D***; — Jeanne P***; — Mme M. P***, ...
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DEVREESE, GODEFROID
DEVREESE, GODEFROID (Belg.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Courtrai, in Flanders, 19th August 1861. He first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of his native town, and under his father, the well-known sculptor, Constant Devreese. In 1881, he went to Brussels, and studied there under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 years' old he gained the second Prix de Rome; subject, The Death of Caesar, bas relief. In 1889, he obtained a First Prize in a competition for sculpture from life open...
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DEVREESE, GODEFROID (Belg.). Contemporary Medallist, born at Courtrai, in Flanders, 19th August 1861. He first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of his native town, and under his father, the well-known sculptor, Constant Devreese. In 1881, he went to Brussels, and studied there under Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. When 24 years' old he gained the second Prix de Rome; subject, The Death of Caesar, bas relief. In 1889, he obtained a First Prize in a competition for sculpture from life open...
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DEVRIES, S.
DEVRIES, S. (Dutch). Medallist residing at Amsterdam, and Diesinker. In 1860, he produced a beautiful Portrait-medal of the painter Ary Scheffer. The commemorative medal of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Dutch Agricultural Society of The Hague, 1873, is another of this artist's best works. He was Engraver to His Majesty the King of Holland, and cut a large number of medals commemorating public events and others, amongst them : Medico- Chirurgical Society of Amsterdam; — Dutch Red cross, 1...
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DEVRIES, S. (Dutch). Medallist residing at Amsterdam, and Diesinker. In 1860, he produced a beautiful Portrait-medal of the painter Ary Scheffer. The commemorative medal of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Dutch Agricultural Society of The Hague, 1873, is another of this artist's best works. He was Engraver to His Majesty the King of Holland, and cut a large number of medals commemorating public events and others, amongst them : Medico- Chirurgical Society of Amsterdam; — Dutch Red cross, 1...
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DEXAMENOS
DEXAMENOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of Chios who flourished at the end of the fifth, and beginning of the fourth, century, before Christ, or according to Dr Arthur J. Evans, between 460 and 430 B.C. Four gems signed by this artist have come down to us. The oldest of these according to style is a calcedony in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, on which is represented a lady engaged at her toilet ; a servant holds a mirror in front of her. This intaglio (illustrated) bears the name of the engraver ?...
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DEXAMENOS (Greek). Gem-engraver of Chios who flourished at the end of the fifth, and beginning of the fourth, century, before Christ, or according to Dr Arthur J. Evans, between 460 and 430 B.C. Four gems signed by this artist have come down to us. The oldest of these according to style is a calcedony in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, on which is represented a lady engaged at her toilet ; a servant holds a mirror in front of her. This intaglio (illustrated) bears the name of the engraver ?...
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