Milo Martin (6 February 1893 – 26 July 1970) was a

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sculptor and medal-artist.

Life

He was born in

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as the son of Émile Martin, an engraver and lithographer. Milo Martin studied in

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(notably under Carl Albert Angst),

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and

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, but disapproved of art schools' teaching methods and decided to work alone. He specialised in neo-classical nude sculptures, realistic portraits and medal designs. He set up a studio in the Orangerie of Parc Mon-Repos. Most of his sculptures are spread across the Lausanne region. He also travelled to other European countries to exhibit his works in international exhibitions - these included those in Brussels and Amsterdam in 1928, in Paris in 1934, Vienna in 1937 (where he won "lauriers d'or" or the golden laurels), Cairo and Alexandria in 1938 and New York in 1939-1940. He won first prize in the national competition for medal design at the Swiss National Exhibition in Berne in 1913 and the silver medal for sculpture in the art competitions of the 1928 Olympic Games for his "Athlète au repos". He won several public commissions and from 1931 to 1936 sat on Switzerland's federal commission for fine arts. He died in Lausanne.

Sources

* http://dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch/persovd/detailautcent.php?Cent=1&Num=1764 * http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F22511.php * http://www.sikart.ch/KuenstlerInnen.aspx?id=4023462 * Formes et couleurs, no 4 1941 * La XXe exposition nationale des beaux-arts photographie de la médaille de l'Exposition nationale suisse, Berne 1914, photographie Paul Bonzon * ''Dict. biogr. de l'art suisse'', vol. 2, p. 683 * Appendix in C.-F. Landry ''Milo Martin, sculpteur'', Lausanne 1941 * Lausanne ''Patrie suisse'', (A. B.) 1920, no 689, p. 40-41 ; see also revue no 611, 1917, p. 42 and no 683, 1919, p. 283 * photographie E. Gos, Lausanne ''Patrie suisse'', (Edmond Bille) 1930, no 1064, p. 478-479

References

External links

Milo Martin on artnet

1893 births 1970 deaths People from Morges Medallists 20th-century Swiss sculptors Olympic silver medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions 20th-century Swiss male artists {{Switzerland-artist-stub