Emil Weigand
Emil Weigand (born November 20, 1837 in Berlin ; † March 25, 1906 there ) was a German medalist and coin die cutter .
Life
Weigand was the son of the engraver Cuno Weigand (t). He first attended the gray monastery high school and then began training with his father. At the same time he was a student at the Berlin Art Academy and later graduated from the academic engraving school with Karl Johann Fischer . From 1863 to 1866 he worked in Alfred Benjamin Wyon's studio in London . From 1866 he was employed at the Royal Mint in Berlin . On February 11, 1867, he became the second coin medalist and, in 1887, the successor to the first coin medalist Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich at the Berlin Mint, which was now known as the Prussian State Mint. In the next two years the position of second medalist was vacant. Weigand worked for this institution for 39 years and retired into private life on April 1, 1905.
Works
- 1875: Draft of the obverse of the imperial coins minted in Hamburg's new mint.
- 1878: On the assassination attempt (medal)
- 1879: To the golden wedding (medal)
- 1886: Design (or stamp ?!) of the Graefe Medal in collaboration with Ferdinand Hartzer
- 1888: Design of the Crown Order Medal (Prussia)
- 1888: Design of the shooting award medal THE BEST RUNNER under Friedrich III.
- 1896: Draft of the Wilhelm Order
- The ten and five mark pieces in gold and the five and two mark pieces in silver of Kaiser Wilhelm I, all coins with the portrait of Emperor Friedrich and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
- Embossing for Hamburg, Lübeck, Oldenburg, Sachsen-Altenburg and Waldeck as well as stamps foreign coins for Egypt, Mexico, German East Africa, New Guinea and Morocco.
literature
- Emil Bahrfeldt: Personal news . In: German Numismatic Society (Hrsg.): Berliner Münzblätter . tape 26-28 , issue 39: (March 1905) and issue 53 (May 1906). E. Bahrfeldt, Berlin 1908, p. 39–40, 82–83 and 312 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , Textarchiv - Internet Archive - retirement with short biography in 1905 and death report in 1906, here the date of November 29, 1837 is given as the birthday).
- Leonard Forrer : Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume 6, Spink & Son, London 1916, pp. 423-425.
- Weigand, Emil . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 277 .
- Klaus Sommer: Emil Weigand, his medals. Osnabrück 1989.
Web links
- German Society for Medal Art eV: Emil Weigand , medaillenkunst.de, accessed on January 4, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanseatic City of Hamburg. (PDF) Own mint with "J" from 1875. Deutsches Münzen Magazin 6/2011, accessed on October 30, 2016 .
- ^ Germanic National Museum Nuremberg - object catalog
- ^ Germanic National Museum Nuremberg - object catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weigand, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medalist and coin die cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1906 |
| Place of death | Berlin |