Paul Vincze

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Paul Vincze (born Pál Vincze ; born August 15, 1907 in Galgagyörk , Pest County , Hungary ; † March 5, 1994 in Magagnosc , France ) was a Hungarian-British medalist .

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Paul Vincze was the son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He studied at the Applied Arts School in Budapest and later worked in Ede Telcs' studio for seven years . From 1935 to 1937 he studied on a scholarship at the Collegium Hungaricum in Rome and then returned to Hungary. Because of the rise of National Socialism, he emigrated to Great Britain in 1938, where he set up a studio in the Chelsea district of London . In 1948 he became a British citizen. He also had a house in Magagnosc, a suburb of Grasse in southern France. In 1958 he married the French Emilienne Chauzeix.

Paul Vincze's first works included portrait medals by Harold Mattingly (1947) and Charles Holden (1950). In 1948 he designed a medal with which he took part in the art competitions of the Summer Olympics. He became known in 1953 for his design of a medal for the coronation of Elizabeth II.

Other works by Paul Vincze included a portrait medal by Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1960), a series of medals for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (1964), a medal for the Smithsonian Institution (1965), a portrait medal by Yehudi Menuhin (1965), a Florence Nightingale Medal for the Societe Commemorative de Femmes Celebres (1966) and commemorative medals for the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings (1966), the 50th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration (1967) and Man's First Landing on the Moon for the Apollo 11 moon landing (1969).

He designed course coins for Malawi , Rhodesia , Nigeria and Guinea, among others .

Paul Vincze was a member of the Art Workers Guild from 1941 and a member of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society from around 1946. In 1961 he became a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.

Awards

  • 1951: Special Prize of the II. Exposiçión Nacional de Numismática e Internacional de Medallas, Madrid
  • 1964: Silver medal from the Salon de Paris
  • 1966: American Numismatic Association Gold Medal

literature

  • David Buckmann: Dictionary of artists in Britain since 1945. Art Dictionaries, Bristol 1998, ISBN 0-9532609-0-9 , p. 19 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benjamin Weiss: Vincze, Paul. In: Anti-Semitic Bigotry. P. 93 (PDF; 3.5 MB)
  2. ↑ Paul Vincze on furrandco.co.uk
  3. ↑ Coins and Medals on artgallery.yale.edu
  4. ^ Negley Harte: University of London. An Illustrated History: 1836–1986. Athlone, London 1986, ISBN 978-0-567-56449-8 , p. 218, fig. 257 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  5. ↑ Charles Holden medallion ( Memento from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pmsa.org.uk
  6. ↑ Paul Vincze ( Memento from April 18, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) on sports-reference.com
  7. ^ Queen Elizabeth The Second on londoncoins.co.uk
  8. ↑ Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel on npg.org.uk
  9. ↑ Shakespeare 400th Anniversary Medal ( Memento from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on shakespeare.org.uk
  10. ↑ USA Medal of the Smithsonian Institution at royalcollection.org.uk
  11. ↑ Medal on hillwoodmuseum.org
  12. ↑ Coins and Medals on artgallery.yale.edu
  13. ↑ Florence Nightingale Coin-Medal on worthpoint.com
  14. ↑ 1066–1966 Battle of Hastings Medal by Paul Vincze on coins.ha.com
  15. ↑ Balfour Declaration Jubilee ( Memento from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on israelmint.com
  16. ↑ Medal, Commemorative, Apollo 11 on airandspace.si.edu
  17. ↑ George S. Cuhaj (Ed.): 2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001 – Date. Krause, Iola 2010, ISBN 978-144-021-471-4 , p. 345 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  18. ↑ George S. Cuhaj (Ed.): 2015 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901–2000. Krause, Iola 2014, ISBN 978-144-024-039-3 , p. 1813 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  19. ↑ George S. Cuhaj (Ed.): 2015 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901–2000. Krause, Iola 2014, ISBN 978-144-024-039-3 , p. 1657 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  20. ↑ George S. Cuhaj (Ed.): 2015 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901–2000. Krause, Iola 2014, ISBN 978-144-024-039-3 , p. 1047 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  21. ↑ Paul Vincze on britishmuseum.org
personal data
SURNAME Vincze, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vincze, Pál (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-British medalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Galgagyörk , Pest County , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1994
Place of death Magagnosc , France