Henri-Lucien Cheffer

Henri-Lucien Cheffer (30 December 1880, Paris – 3 May 1957) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator.[1][2] Cheffer was chiefly known for his postage stamp designs,[3] the first of which he designed in 1911.[4] Cheffer also designed bank notes for French Algeria, Tunisia, the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies.[5]

Henri-Lucien Cheffer
Born(1880-12-30)December 30, 1880
Paris
DiedMay 3, 1957(1957-05-03) (aged 76)
NationalityFrench
Known forPainting, engraving, stamp and banknote designs

Early life

Cheffer was born in 1800 in Paris.[6] He studied at the School of Decorative Arts, Paris and in the studio of Léon Bonnat.[6]

Awards

He received the second prize for engraving in the Grand Prix de Rome in 1904 and 1906.[6] At the annual exhibition Salon des Artistes Français, he received an honourable mention in 1902, a medal in 1919 and a medal of honour in 1927.[7]

Work
1924 Monaco stamp design by Henry-Lucien Cheffer

Paintings

Cheffer was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, where he exhibited exclusively.[8][9] During the First world war, Cheffer produced many watercolors depicting scenes of battle and destruction.[10]

Postage stamp designs

Cheffer was responsible for 384 stamp designs, 52 of which were for France.[5] His first stamp design, in 1911, was for Iran.[5]

In 1940, Cheffer was invited by the French government to design a joint Anglo-French stamp.[11][12][13]

In 1955 he designed a set of stamps depicting Monaco's Prince Rainier III.[14]

Cheffer's series of French postage stamps, known as the Marianne de Cheffer series, were in circulation from 1967 to 1971.[15]

Collections

References
  1. Temerson, Henri (1958). "Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année".
  2. "The American Philatelist". 1956.
  3. Miller, Niels A. (1963). "Encyclopedia of music philately".
  4. Schurr, Gérald (1979). 1820-1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: Valeur de demain. ISBN 9782859170165.
  5. https://documentation.musee-aeroscopia.fr/media/collectiveaccess/images/2/9/6/42833_ca_object_representations_media_29663_original.pdf
  6. Puget, Catherine; Pont-Aven, Musée de (2006). "L'Estampe en Bretagne 1880-1960".
  7. "CTHS - CHEFFER Henri Lucien".
  8. Hunnisett, Basil (5 September 2018). Engraved on Steel: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates. ISBN 9780429859052.
  9. "Retrouvez tous les artistes qui ont travaillé en Bretagne".
  10. "Ruined Bridge, France c.1915".
  11. "Proposed Anglo-French issue".
  12. "Proposed Anglo-French Union issue (1940)".
  13. "Le Musée de la Poste s'exporte – VALGIRARDIN.FR".
  14. "Monaco: Refreshing Rainier - Europe".
  15. "La Poste".
  16. "Achetez le nouveau timbre antituberculeux "mieux vaut prévenir--" - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine".
  17. "Journées de Bourg-la-Reine . . . 1915 - au profit des oeuvres de la commune".
  18. "In the battle against tuberculosis, a portrait of Calmette, as the saviour of children through his BCG vaccine, invites the purchase of fund-raising stamps. Colour lithograph after H. Cheffer, 1934".
  19. "Les collections du département des arts graphiques - la Salute à Venise - CHEFFER Henri-Lucien".
  20. "Results – Advanced Search Objects – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.