Eugène Mouchon
Louis-Eugène Mouchon (30 August 1843, in Paris – 1914) was a French painter, graphic artist, medalist, engraver and sculptor. He created state papers, stamps, coins, currency and medals. He was the son and pupil of Louis Claude Mouchon, the painter.
Also recorded as Louis-Eugene Mouchon · Louis-Eugène Mouchon · Eugène Louis Mouchon
Eugène Mouchon
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- Name
- Mouchon, Louis-Eugène
- Born
- 30.08.1843
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 03.03.1914
- Place of death
- Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Occupation
- Graphic artist Painter Engraver Medalist
- Awards
- knight of the Legion of Honor (1895) Grand prize for engraving (1900)
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- postage stamp design
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Louis-Eugène Mouchon (30 August 1843, in Paris – 1914) was a French painter, graphic artist, medalist, engraver and sculptor. He created state papers, stamps, coins, currency and medals. He was the son and pupil of Louis Claude Mouchon, the painter.
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Biography
Biography
He exhibited at the Salon from 1876 onwards and became an Associate of the Artistes Francais in 1888. His most famous stamps are the Mouchon series and the Navigation & Commerce series of French postage stamps. His medals can be found in the collection of several museums.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is postage stamp design. Work by Eugène Mouchon is recorded in the collections of National Museum Paleis het Loo and Nationaal Archief. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Mouchon, Louis-Eugène • Born — 30.08.1843 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 03.03.1914 • Place of death — Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France • Occupation — Graphic artist Painter Engraver Medalist • Awards — knight of the Legion of Honor (1895) Grand prize for engraving (1900)
Postage stamps
Postage stamps
Next to stamps for France, Mouchon also designed for Abyssinia, Argentina, Belgium (Brussels Exhibition), Greece, Guatemala, Luxemburg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal and colonies, Russia and Serbia. • Illustration — For the Guatemala 1878 series • Illustration — A 4c stamp for Côte d'Ivoire of the Navigation & Commerce series, 1892. • Illustration — Stamp of the Olympic Games in Athens, 1896 • Illustration — The Mouchon type of France, first issued in 1900. • Illustration — A stamp for the Azores 1906 engraved by Mouchon.
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1843
Eugène Mouchon was born in 1843 at Paris.
1914
Eugène Mouchon died in 1914 at Montrouge.
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Mouchon entered the field of medal making at the age of forty three. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 1895 and won the grand prize for engraving at the Universal Exposition in Paris, 1900. He designed coins and the plates for currency for Portugal. • Illustration — 1905, Angelo Mariani and the use of coca leaf in Vin Mariani, proprietary medicine. Bronze, 37 x 52mm. • Illustration — 1905, Angelo Mariani and the use of coca leaf. Bronze, 37 x 52mm.
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Eugène Mouchon received Knight of the Legion of Honour. Recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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National Museum Paleis het Loo, Nationaal Archief and Museum Enschedé
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Elsewhere in Prints
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- Eugene van MaldeghemEngraver
- Eugène VerboeckhovenEngraver
- Eugène VialaEngraver
- Eugenie Fish GlamanEngraver
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