René Baudichon (24 March 1878 – 1963) was a French
sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
and
medallist. The artist was born in
Tours, France
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metropolitan ar ...
, studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in his native town, and graduated from the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
He is known for his fine
art medals, which are considered a form of
exonumia
Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels and o ...
. These include a medal
commemorating the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. He also created in 1922 an award-winning
hood ornament
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in the form of a caricature lion for the automobile company
Peugeot
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The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was established in 1810, making it the oldest car company in the world. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applie ...
.
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1878 births
1963 deaths
French medallists
Artists from Tours, France
20th-century French sculptors
20th-century French male artists
French male sculptors
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