Louis-Eugène Mouchon (30 August 1843, in
Paris
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– 1914) was a French painter, graphic artist, medalist, engraver and sculptor. He created state papers, stamps, coins, currency and medals. He was the son and pupil of Louis Claude Mouchon, the painter. He exhibited at the Salon from 1876 onwards and became an Associate of the Artistes Francais in 1888. His most famous stamps are the ''Mouchon'' series and the
Navigation & Commerce series of
French postage stamps. His medals can be found in the collection of several museums.
Postage stamps
Next to stamps for France, Mouchon also designed for Abyssinia, Argentina, Belgium (Brussels Exhibition), Greece, Guatemala, Luxemburg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal and colonies, Russia and Serbia.
File:Guatemala 1878 Sc13.jpg, For the Guatemala 1878 series
File:1892 Ivory Coast stamp 4c.jpg, A 4c stamp for Côte d'Ivoire of the Navigation & Commerce series, 1892.
File:Stamp of Greece. 1896 Olympic Games. 2l.jpg, Stamp of the Olympic Games in Athens, 1896
File:Mouchon type2.jpg, The ''Mouchon'' type of France, first issued in 1900.
File:Timbre Acores Carlos1 1906.jpg, A stamp for the Azores 1906 engraved by Mouchon.
Medals and currency
Mouchon entered the field of medal making at the age of forty three. He was made a
knight of the Legion of Honor
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in 1895 and won the grand prize for engraving at the
Universal Exposition
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in Paris, 1900. He designed coins and the plates for currency for Portugal.
See also
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Jules Auguste Sage
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Postage stamps and postal history of France
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of France.
First stamps
Second Republic
The first stamps of France were issued on 1 January 1849. Retrieved 23 September 2010 They were designed by Jacques-Jean Barre. The medallion dep ...
References
External links
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection
*[http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/resultat-collection.html?no_cache=1&zsz=1&zs_r_2_z=3&zs_r_2_w=Mouchon%2C%20Louis-Eug%C3%A8ne&zs_ah=oeuvre&zs_rf=mos_a&zs_mf=21&zs_sf=0&zs_send_x=1&zs_liste_only=1 Musée d'Orsay, online collection]
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1843 births
1914 deaths
19th-century engravers
20th-century engravers
French engravers
French stamp designers
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
20th-century French printmakers
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