Arnold Machin

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Machin's portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on a British second class postage stamp

Arnold Machin (born September 30, 1911 in Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire , † March 9, 1999 in Eccleshall , Staffordshire) was a designer of coins and stamps in London , England . He was selected to design coins and postage stamps with the image of Queen Elizabeth II , which appeared in the United Kingdom , New Zealand , Australia and Canada from 1967 to 1989 .

Life

Machin came from Staffordshire in England and was born there on September 30, 1911 in Stoke-on-Trent . At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a porcelain painter . He then learned sculpture at the Art School Stoke-on-Trent , now Staffordshire University . In 1934 he met his wife Patricia at his new place of study, where he attended the Derby School of Art . From 1937 to 1940 he was a fellow at the Royal College of Art London . During the Second World War he was imprisoned for a year as a conscientious objector. Arnold Machin and his wife Patricia had a son Francis Machin, born in 1949, who also became an artist. Arnold Machin died on March 9, 1999 at his home in Eccleshall, south of Stoke-on-Trent.

job

After studying at the Royal College of Art, Machin worked as a designer for the Wedgwood porcelain manufacturer . In 1947 he was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts London as an Associate Member and in 1956 as a full member. From 1951 he was a teacher at the Royal College of Art in London.

In 1964, Machin was selected to design the portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on the new decimal coins of England. This portrait was used on all British coins until 1984. Machin's portrait design was also used for the obverse of the coins of New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Machin also designed the portrait of the Queen for British postage stamps. His most famous work is the postage stamp series with the portrait of Elizabeth II of the British Royal Mail , which has been issued since 1967 until today (2015).

Eponyms

On May 4, 1999, the asteroid (3109) Machin, previously discovered on February 19, 1974 by the Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at the Hamburg observatory in Hamburg's Bergedorf district , was named after Machin.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arnold Machin at Wedgwood (English)
  2. ↑ Arnold Machin at The British Postal Museum & Archive (English)
  3. ↑ Royal Academy of Arts Collections (English)
  4. ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 34618
personal data
SURNAME Machin, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British designer of coins and postage stamps
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Stoke-on-Trent , England
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1999
Place of death Eccleshall , Staffordshire , England