Louis Eugène Mouchon

Louis-Eugène Mouchon (around 1904)

Louis Eugène Mouchon (* 30th August 1843 in Paris ; † 3. March 1914 in Montrouge ) was a French engraver , medalist , gem cutter , stamps - and notes - Stecher , but also as a bookbinder , enameller and Goldsmith worked.

life and work

Mouchon learned to engrave in his father's workshop at Place Dauphine No. 5. He started out with typographic engravings on steel, bronze and wood. Like Oscar Roty, he was involved in three postage stamp issues in France , especially from 1870 onwards. In French, this included La Semeuse 'the sower' , which was produced in several variations. Another stamp was the stamp with a seated Justitia holding a plaque with the French inscription Droits de l'Homme 'Human Rights' .

With his numerous medals and plaques, Mouchon has regularly participated in exhibitions at the Salon de Paris since 1887 , and also took part in competitions for the students of book printers and lithographers .

Hermes von Olympia , from the series of stamps for the 1896 Summer Olympics

“La Semeuse” (the sower ); French postage stamp from Mouchon after Oscar Roty , double signed
Angelo Mariani at distill the Cocastrauch -Substances ...
... to the sensual enjoyment of Mariani wine ; Bronze plaque , dated 1904

Awards

He was awarded the 3rd class medal in 1888, the following year he received the gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1889 , and in 1893 he received 1st prize in the goldsmiths competition of the Union centrale des Arts décoratifs .
In 1894 he received 2nd place in the section engravings on medals at the Paris Salon and in the same year received the honorary diploma at the International Book Exhibition 1894 . At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 he received the silver medal and the Grand Prize.
In 1895 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor as well as Officier d'académie , before that he had written a letter to General Victor Février, the then Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor on February 2, 1895, describing his services to the fatherland in detail.
1903 Officier de l'Instruction publique .

family

Mouchon the son of the engraver and engraver Louis Auguste Mouchon and his wife Marie Alexandrine (née Degouy, † August 26, 1858). He had an older sister Marie Louise (born October 18, 1841, presumably died before 1858) and a younger sister Marie Julie (born June 29, 1845).

He was married to Adélaïde Léonie Louise Sylvie (nee Terrier, born August 16, 1851) since April 21, 1868. She was the daughter of Ange Benoit Claude Terrier and his wife Marie Louise Sylvie (née Samier). Before the actual marriage, they signed a marriage contract on April 18, 1868. Her witnesses were Charles Gaulon and François Guillaume Alphonse Lathelize. The marriage had two children

Marguerite Sylvie Mouchon (April 3, 1869 to June 20, 1870)
Georges Auguste Mouchon (born February 18, 1873) ⚭ October 24, 1901 with Marguerite Julie Antoinette (née Damont).

literature

Fernand Mazerolle: Louis Eugène Mouchon. Biography et catalog de son oeuvre. In: Gazette numismatique française. 3, 1899, p. 331 ff.
Leonard Forrer : Biographical dictionary of medallists, coin-, gem-, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, etc. ancient and modern. With references to their works, BC 500 - AD 1900. Volume 4, London 1904, pp. 173-179 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Joseph Uzanne: Eugène Mouchon. In: Figures contemporaines tirées de l'Album Mariani. Volume 9, Librairie Henri Floury, Paris 1904, pp. 203-205 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
Mouchon, Louis Eugèn . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 199 .
Necrology - Le graveur Louis Eugène Mouchon . In: Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et modern . No. 606 . Paris January 3, 1914, p. 91 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Louis-Eugène Mouchon - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Louis Eugène Mouchon in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Louis Eugène Mouchon mpgenealogie.com

Louis Eugène Mouchon in Base Léonore

Louis-Eugène Mouchon at europeana .eu

Louis Eugne Mouchon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York ,

Louis-Eugène Mouchon in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , Barcelona

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joseph Uzanne: Eugène Mouchon. In: Figures contemporaines tirées de l'Album Mariani. Pp. 203-205 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
^ Hermann Josef Martin Bender: Studies on the development of the image form of the European postage stamp 1840-1970 . Dissertation University of Bonn 1976, p. 126 (restricted view, books.google.de ).
^ The Essay-Proof Journal . Essay-Proof Society, Washington 1987, pp. 181-182 , 626T ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Mouchon type. La Poste, accessed December 19, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Mouchon, Louis Eugène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mouchon, Louis-Eugène; Mouchon, Eugène; Mouchon, E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French engraver, medalist, gem cutter, stamp and banknote engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	August 30, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1914
Place of death	Montrouge

[Figures_contemporaines-1] Joseph Uzanne: Eugène Mouchon. In: Figures contemporaines tirées de l'Album Mariani. Pp. 203-205 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).

[Postwertzeichen-2] Hermann Josef Martin Bender: Studies on the development of the image form of the European postage stamp 1840-1970 . Dissertation University of Bonn 1976, p. 126 (restricted view, books.google.de ).

[3] The Essay-Proof Journal . Essay-Proof Society, Washington 1987, pp. 181-182 , 626T ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Mouchon type. La Poste, accessed December 19, 2019 (French).