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BOTTE SILVER GILT MEDAL
HONNEUR A' AGRICULTURE
1898 COMICE AGRICOLE
DE MAREU-S / LAY
(VENDEE')
Pendant medal struck in silver and gilded. On the obverse an allegory of Agriculture with an inscription on a scroll and a signature on the plinth of the throne. On the reverse is a wreath with an inscription.
Producer name
Designed by: Louis Bottee
Production date
1880 (circa)
Production place
Made in: Paris (France)
Europe: France: Ile-de-France (region): Paris (France)
Materials
silver
Technique
engraved
gilded
stamped
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 centimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription position: obverse
Inscription language: French
Inscription content: HONNEUR A L'AGRICULTURE
Inscription content: 1898 COMICE AGRICOLE DE MAREU-S / LAY (VENDEE')
Inscription type: signature
Inscription position: obverse
Inscription content: BOTTEE
Inscription note: Louis-Alexandre Bottee medallist
Curator's comments
Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 367:
Designed by Louis-Alexandre Bottee (1852-1941), one of the most celebrated of French medallists, who studied with Tasset at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1878. He worked in Rome from 1880 to 1882. The Comice Agricole de l'Arrondissement de Bethune, an organisation that existed to promote modern methods in agriculture, issued medals and prizes annually. In 1890 the Comice was renamed the Societe d'agriculture de l'Arrondissement de Bethune. (Charlotte Gere and Timothy Wilson)
Bibliographic references
Gere et al 1984 / The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum (367)
Subjects
nut/seed
mammal
allegory/personification
leaf
Associated names
Named in inscription: Comice Agricole de L'Arrondissement de Bethune
Representation of: Agriculture
HONNEUR A' AGRICULTURE
1898 COMICE AGRICOLE
DE MAREU-S / LAY
(VENDEE')
Pendant medal struck in silver and gilded. On the obverse an allegory of Agriculture with an inscription on a scroll and a signature on the plinth of the throne. On the reverse is a wreath with an inscription.
Producer name
Designed by: Louis Bottee
Production date
1880 (circa)
Production place
Made in: Paris (France)
Europe: France: Ile-de-France (region): Paris (France)
Materials
silver
Technique
engraved
gilded
stamped
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 centimetres
Inscriptions
Inscription position: obverse
Inscription language: French
Inscription content: HONNEUR A L'AGRICULTURE
Inscription content: 1898 COMICE AGRICOLE DE MAREU-S / LAY (VENDEE')
Inscription type: signature
Inscription position: obverse
Inscription content: BOTTEE
Inscription note: Louis-Alexandre Bottee medallist
Curator's comments
Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 367:
Designed by Louis-Alexandre Bottee (1852-1941), one of the most celebrated of French medallists, who studied with Tasset at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1878. He worked in Rome from 1880 to 1882. The Comice Agricole de l'Arrondissement de Bethune, an organisation that existed to promote modern methods in agriculture, issued medals and prizes annually. In 1890 the Comice was renamed the Societe d'agriculture de l'Arrondissement de Bethune. (Charlotte Gere and Timothy Wilson)
Bibliographic references
Gere et al 1984 / The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum (367)
Subjects
nut/seed
mammal
allegory/personification
leaf
Associated names
Named in inscription: Comice Agricole de L'Arrondissement de Bethune
Representation of: Agriculture
FYI
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Louis Alexandre Bottee, Medal Engraver, France (1852-1941)
Louis Alexandre Bottorn in Paris and apprenticed to a button factory attached to a medal engraving studio. He fought in the Franco-Prussian war, then attended the Ecol des Beaux-Arts from 1871 to 1875 and spent time in Italy in 1876. He worked in Italy from 1880 to 1882 before returning to France. Bott produced medals for Canada and Peru in the 1880s, and produced the prize medal for the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 and the Jurors badge for the 1900 exhibition. He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour and member of the Jury at the Salons.
Bott attended the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1871. There he was pupil to Ponscarme, Dumont and Millet. In 1878 Bottee obtained the Great Prize of Rome. At the Salon des Artistes Francais he won a third-class medal in 1882, a second-class medal in 1887 and a first-class medal in 1894. Bottee received a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1903.
Monsieur Bottee was a talented and highly esteemed French medal engraver and sculptor. He produced a large quantity of work and influenced the artistic world of sculpture and medal engraving.
He is born in the midst of political turmoil and regime changes in France. In 1852, Napoleon III accesses power and the beginning of the Second French Empire is also the year of Louis Alexander Bottee ‘s birth.
Born in Paris and issued from a poor family, he was not able to receive an expensive education. Therefore and at the age of 13, he is sent to work at the button factory. He is a quick learner and his talent brings him into the engraving atelier of the factory, where the buttons are designed.
At night classes he receives his first artistic education in a drawing school. Louis is a hard worker and he is to enter at the age of 17, the ” Ecole des Arts Decoratifs ” in Paris. From where he enters the atelier of Master Paulin Tasset, where he is able to finish his practical formation. Two years later, after the Franco-Prussian War, in 1871, he is admitted at the ” Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts ” of Paris. During the next 4 years, he’ll be working for the famous artistic ateliers of Dumont, Millet, and Chaplain.
From 1875 until 1882 is his Italian period. He travels a lot and participates in artistic contests. In 1878 he receives the first prize of the ” Prix de Rome ” for his medal engraving. From 1880 to 1882 he resides at the French Academy of the Villa de Medicis in Rome, where he produces many medals, drawings, and the famous Haut-Relief of Saint Sebastian.
He returns to France and received at the “Salon de Paris” a prize for his work. It is from that point on that may be said that Louis Bottee starts his career as a renowned and appreciated artist. From 1887 to 1900 he wins many prestigious prizes, for example, the gold medal at the contest of the 1900 Universal Expo of Paris. In 1903 Bottee receives the medal as an officer of the French ” Legion d’Honneur “. In 1930, he is appointed as a member of the “Academie des Beaux-Arts ” of France.
Bottees’ work is rich, characterized by delicateness and softness in the design and inspiration, and great research and preparation in the compositions. Some of his work has a typical art nouveau style. His designs are alike paused moments of actions, as they would come alive at any moment.
His regularity in quality provides him with many private orders and his authority even crosses the Atlantic, to South American countries, where he produces works for the Brazilian and Chilean governments.
Not much is known of the end of his life. He died on the 14th of November in 1941 and left behind him an enormous heritage and influenced greatly the world of the art medal.
Louis Alexandre Bottorn in Paris and apprenticed to a button factory attached to a medal engraving studio. He fought in the Franco-Prussian war, then attended the Ecol des Beaux-Arts from 1871 to 1875 and spent time in Italy in 1876. He worked in Italy from 1880 to 1882 before returning to France. Bott produced medals for Canada and Peru in the 1880s, and produced the prize medal for the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 and the Jurors badge for the 1900 exhibition. He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour and member of the Jury at the Salons.
Bott attended the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and went on to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1871. There he was pupil to Ponscarme, Dumont and Millet. In 1878 Bottee obtained the Great Prize of Rome. At the Salon des Artistes Francais he won a third-class medal in 1882, a second-class medal in 1887 and a first-class medal in 1894. Bottee received a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1903.
Monsieur Bottee was a talented and highly esteemed French medal engraver and sculptor. He produced a large quantity of work and influenced the artistic world of sculpture and medal engraving.
He is born in the midst of political turmoil and regime changes in France. In 1852, Napoleon III accesses power and the beginning of the Second French Empire is also the year of Louis Alexander Bottee ‘s birth.
Born in Paris and issued from a poor family, he was not able to receive an expensive education. Therefore and at the age of 13, he is sent to work at the button factory. He is a quick learner and his talent brings him into the engraving atelier of the factory, where the buttons are designed.
At night classes he receives his first artistic education in a drawing school. Louis is a hard worker and he is to enter at the age of 17, the ” Ecole des Arts Decoratifs ” in Paris. From where he enters the atelier of Master Paulin Tasset, where he is able to finish his practical formation. Two years later, after the Franco-Prussian War, in 1871, he is admitted at the ” Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts ” of Paris. During the next 4 years, he’ll be working for the famous artistic ateliers of Dumont, Millet, and Chaplain.
From 1875 until 1882 is his Italian period. He travels a lot and participates in artistic contests. In 1878 he receives the first prize of the ” Prix de Rome ” for his medal engraving. From 1880 to 1882 he resides at the French Academy of the Villa de Medicis in Rome, where he produces many medals, drawings, and the famous Haut-Relief of Saint Sebastian.
He returns to France and received at the “Salon de Paris” a prize for his work. It is from that point on that may be said that Louis Bottee starts his career as a renowned and appreciated artist. From 1887 to 1900 he wins many prestigious prizes, for example, the gold medal at the contest of the 1900 Universal Expo of Paris. In 1903 Bottee receives the medal as an officer of the French ” Legion d’Honneur “. In 1930, he is appointed as a member of the “Academie des Beaux-Arts ” of France.
Bottees’ work is rich, characterized by delicateness and softness in the design and inspiration, and great research and preparation in the compositions. Some of his work has a typical art nouveau style. His designs are alike paused moments of actions, as they would come alive at any moment.
His regularity in quality provides him with many private orders and his authority even crosses the Atlantic, to South American countries, where he produces works for the Brazilian and Chilean governments.
Not much is known of the end of his life. He died on the 14th of November in 1941 and left behind him an enormous heritage and influenced greatly the world of the art medal.
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