Henry Cheffer
Henri-Lucien Cheffer (30 December 1880, Paris – 3 May 1957) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator. Cheffer was chiefly known for his postage stamp designs, the first of which he designed in 1911. He also designed bank notes for French Algeria, Tunisia, the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies.
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Henry Cheffer
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- Name
- Henri-Lucien Cheffer
- Born
- 30 December 1880
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 3 May 1957
- Known for
- Painting, engraving, stamp and banknote designs
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · postage stamp designer · printmaker · graphic artist
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Léon Bonnat · Jean Patricot
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Henri-Lucien Cheffer (30 December 1880, Paris – 3 May 1957) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator. Cheffer was chiefly known for his postage stamp designs, the first of which he designed in 1911. He also designed bank notes for French Algeria, Tunisia, the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies.
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Henry Cheffer (1880–1957) was a French graphic artist, painter and postage stamp designer, among other activities. The graphic artist was born and died in Paris.
Henry Cheffer studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The graphic artist worked in London and Paris.
Languages used include French. Henry Cheffer received Prix de Rome.
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• Name — Henri-Lucien Cheffer • Born — 30 December 1880 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 3 May 1957 • Known for — Painting, engraving, stamp and banknote designs
Early life
Early life
Cheffer was born in 1880 in Paris. He studied at the School of Decorative Arts, Paris, and in the studio of Léon Bonnat.
Work
Work
• Illustration — 1924 Monaco stamp design by Henry-Lucien Cheffer
Postage stamp designs
Postage stamp designs
Cheffer was responsible for 384 stamp designs, 52 of which were for France. His first stamp design, in 1911, was for Iran. In 1940, Cheffer was invited by the French government to design a joint Anglo-French stamp. In 1955, he designed a set of stamps depicting Monaco's Prince Rainier III. Cheffer's series of French postage stamps, known as the Marianne de Cheffer series, was in circulation from 1967 to 1971.
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Henry Cheffer is recorded with the occupation postage stamp designer. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as painter, postage stamp designer, printmaker and graphic artist.
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1880
Henry Cheffer was born on 30 December 1880.
1957
Henry Cheffer died on 3 May 1957.
Paintings
Cheffer was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, where he exhibited exclusively. During the First World War, Cheffer produced many watercolors depicting scenes of battle and destruction.
Collections
• US National Library of Medicine • Library of Congress, Washington • Wellcome Collection, London • Imperial War Museums, London • Louvre museum, Paris • Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Awards
He received the second prize for engraving in the Grand Prix de Rome in 1904 and 1906. At the annual exhibition Salon des Artistes Français, he received an honourable mention in 1902, a medal in 1919 and a medal of honour in 1927.
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- 1.Temerson, Henri. Necrology. The American Philatelist. American Philatelic Association. 70. 41. 1956.
- 2.Miller, Niels A. Encyclopedia of Music Philately. American Topical Association. 25. 1963.
- 3.Schurr, Gérald. 1820-1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: Valeur de demain. Editions de l'Amateur. 1975. 9782859170165.
- 4.Aeroscopia. HENRY CHEFFER (1880-1957). Bulletin. 6. December 2015.
- 5.Puget, Catherine. L'Estampe en Bretagne 1880-1960. Musée de Pont-Aven. 41–44. 2006. 9782910128371.
- 6.Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. CHEFFER Henri Lucien.
- 7.Hunnisett, Basil. Henry Cheffer (1880 - 1957). Bretagne Ancienne. 5 September 2018. 9780429859052.
- 8.Imperial War Museum, London. Cheffer, Henri Lucien.
- 9.Royal Mail - Cite web. Le Musée de la Poste s'exporte. Valgirardin.
- 10.Adrian Keppel. Monaco: Refreshing Rainier. Stamp Magazine.
- 11.La Poste. Marianne de Cheffer. toutsurletimbre.
- 12.National Library of Medicine. Achetez le nouveau timbre antituberculeux "mieux vaut prévenir--".
- 13.Library of Congress. Journées de Bourg-la-Reine . . . 1915 - au profit des oeuvres de la commune.
- 14.Wellcome Collection. In the battle against tuberculosis, a portrait of Calmette, as the saviour of children through his BCG vaccine, invites the purchase of fund-raising stamps. Colour lithograph after H. Cheffer, 1934.
- 15.Musée du Louvre. Les collections du département des arts graphiques - la Salute à Venise - CHEFFER Henri-Lucien.
- 16.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Imagier de la gravure sur bois originale [1920–21].
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Henry Cheffer studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris.
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