André Galle
André Galle (born May 15, 1761 in Saint-Étienne , † December 23, 1844 in Paris ) was a French medalist .
Live and act
André Galle was the son of the Lyon- based stamp cutter and seal engraver Barthélemy Galle. He completed his apprenticeship with a button manufacturer, but fled to Paris at the age of 15. There he was enlisted as a soldier before he returned to his father in Lyon and became his assistant. After the death of his father, he moved to Paris and made his first La Liberté medal in 1792 . The welfare committee then commissioned him with the commemorative medal Le peuple français terrassant les abus , which showed a Hercules fighting hydra as a motif . The medal made him famous and brought him many other commissions, which he also received thanks to the support of Augustin Dupré . In order to further improve his modeling, he studied with Chaudet. One of his best works was the commemorative medal for the conquest of Egypt , which he was entrusted with in 1799. From 1806 to 1839 he had portrait medals of famous personalities and commemorative medals of contemporary events of the Napoleonic era exhibited in the Paris Salon , which is why he was also referred to as the “bronze historian of the consulate and the empire ”.
literature
- Galle, André . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 107 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Jean-Marie Darnis: Galle, André . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 14.
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| SURNAME | Galle, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Etienne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1844 |
| Place of death | Paris |