List of medallists

Art medals are a well-known and highly collected form of small bronze sculpture, and are considered a form of exonumia. An artist who produces medals is known as a "medallist" (British English) or "medalist" (American English), which is unfortunately the same word used in sport and other areas (but not usually in military contexts) for the winner of a medal as an award. Medallists very often also design, or produce the dies for coins as well. In modern times medallists are mostly primarily sculptors of larger works, but in the past the number of medals and coins produced were sufficient to allow specialists who spent most of their career producing them. Medallists are also often confusingly referred to as "engravers" in reference works, referring to the "engraving" of dies, although this is often in fact not the technique used; however many also worked in engraving the technique in printmaking.

Art medals have been produced since the late Renaissance period, and, after some classical precedents and Late Medieval revivals, the form was essentially invented by Pisanello, who is credited with the first portrait medal, which has remained a very popular type. He cast them like bronze sculptures, rather than minting them like coins.

Significant medallic artists by nationality

(Note: Where an artist is best known by other than his first given name, the commonly used name is highlighted in boldface.)

American medallic artists

Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878 – 1949)
Charles E. Barber (1840 – 1917)
William Barber (1807 – 1879)
Chester Beach (1881–1956)
Abram Belskie (1907 – 1988)
Stanley Bleifeld (born 1924)
Victor David Brenner (1871 – 1924)
George Thomas Brewster (1862 – 1943)
Gaetano Cecere (1894 – 1985)
René Paul Chambellan (1893 – 1955)
Herring Coe 1907 – 1999)
Robert M. Cronbach (1908 – 2001)
Eugene L. Daub (born 1942)
Don Everhart (born 1949)
T. James Ferrell (born 1939 Clayton, New Jersey)^[1]
Anthony de Francisci (1887 – 1964)
Donald Harcourt De Lue (1897 – 1988)
René Theophile de Quélin (1853 – 1931)
Frank Eliscu (1912 – 1996)
John F. Flanagan (1865 – 1952)
Laura Gardin Fraser (1889 – 1966)
Daniel Chester French (1850 – 1931)
Moritz Fuerst (1782 – 1840)
Edward Ryneal Grove (born 1912)
Laszlo Ispanky (1919 – 2010)
Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 – 1978)
Elizabeth Jones (1935 Montclair N.J. –) Signature: EJ
Marcel Jovine (born 1921)
Julio Kilenyi (1885 – 1959)
Michael Lantz (1908 – 1988)
Leo Lentelli (1879 – c. 1961-62)
Bruno Lucchesi (1860 – 1924)
Henry Augustus Lukeman (1872 – 1935)
Oronzio Maldarelli (1892 – 1963)
Edward Francis McCartan (1879 – 1947)
Ralph Joseph Menconi (1915 – 1972)
John M. Mercanti (1943 Philadelphia – ) Signature: JM
Albert F. Michini (1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1994 Coatesville, Pennsylvania)^[2]^[3] Signature: am
Richard McDermott Miller (1922 – 2004)
Berthold Nebel (1889 – 1964)
Edmondo Quattrocchi (1889 – 1966)
Richard Renninger (1918 Boyertown, Pennsylvania – 1995 Springfield, Delaware County)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 – 1907)
Alexander "Alex" George Shagin (born in 1947)
John Ray Sinnock (1888 – 1947)
Ken Smith (born in 1951)
Lorado Zadoc Taft (1860 – 1936)
Henry van Wolf (1898 – 1982)
Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870 – 1952)
Robert Weinman (1915 – 2003)
Sherl Joseph Winter (1934 Dayton, Ohio – ). Signature: JW
Emil Zettler (1878 – c. 1945-46)

Argentine medallic artists

Soto Avendaño
Alfredo Bigatti (1898 – 1964)
Ernesto de la Cárcova (1866 – 1927)
Arturo Dresco (born in 1875, year of death unknown)
Juan Gottuzzo^[4]
José Horta
Jorge Maria Lubary
Affonso Rossi
Constante Rossi

Australian medallic artists

William Leslie Bowles, Sculptor, (1885 Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales - 1954 Frankston, Victoria)
Rayner Hoff
Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863 – 1931)
Horst Hahne, Chief Engraver of the Royal Australian Mint Canberra (1940 Frankfurt am Main, Germany –)^[5]
Andor Mészáros (1900–1972)^[6]
Michael Meszaros (1945- )^[7]
Dora Ohlfsen (1877–1948)

Austrian medallic artists

Helmut Andexlinger (1973 Linz, Oberösterreich – )^[8]
Kurt Bodlak (1924 Vienna – )^[9]
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834 Vienna, Austria – 1890 London, England)
Peter Breithut (1869 – 1930)
Josef Christian Christlbauer (1820 – 1897)
Emil Fuchs (1866–1929)
Edwin Grienauer (1893 – 1964)
Alfred Hofmann (1879 – 1958)
Ludwig Hujer (born in 1872)
Josef Köblinger (1912 Innsbruck – 1960)^[10]
Hans Köttenstorfer (1911 Steyr – 1995 Steyr, Oberösterreich, Austria)^[11]
Franz Kounitzky (1880 – 1928)
Friedrich "Franz" Leisek (died in 1898)
Rudolf Marschall (b. 1873)
Rudolf Neuberger (1861 – 1916)
Franz Xaver Pawlik (1865 – 1906)
Karl Perl (1876 Liezen, Styria – 1965 Vienna)
Thomas Pesendorfer (1952 Marchtrenk, Oberösterreich – )^[12] Signature: TP
Wolfgang Pichl (1931 Innsbruck – )
Richard Placht (Bohemian) (born 1880)
Carl Radnitzky (1818 – 1901)
Anton Scharff (1845 – 1903)
Rudolf Schmidt (1894 – 1980)
Johann Schwerdtner (1834 – 1920)
Franz Stiasny (1881 – 1941)
Josef Hermann Tautenhayn (1837 – 1911)
Josef Johann Tautenhayn (born in 1868, died after 1957)
Fritz Tiefenthaler (1929 Matrei/Brenner, Tyrol – 2010 Vienna)^[13]
Oskar Thiede (1879 – 1961)
Carl Waschmann (1848 – 1905)
Anton Rudolf Weinberger (1879 – 1936?)
Ferdinand Maria Josef Welz (1915 – 2008)^[14]
Franz Zeichner (1778 – 1862)
Alfred Zierler (1933 – )
Helmut Zobl (1941 – )

Belgian medallic artists

Jules Baetes (1861 – 1937)
Armand Bonnetain (1883 – 1973)
Joseph-Pierre Braemt (1796 – 1864)
Georges André Brunet (1902 – 1986)
Eugène Canneel (Flemish) (1882 – 1966)
Albert Carlens (1789 – 1873)
Guillaume Charlier (1854 – 1925)
Eugène Jean De Bremaecker (1879 – 1963)
Floris de Cuyper (1875 – 1965)
Paul De Greef (1926 – 1988)
Marnix D'Haveloose (1885 – 1973)
François De Hondt (1786 – 1862)
Jean-Baptiste DeKeyser (born in 1857, year of death unknown)
Maxine Real Delsarte (1888 – 1954)
Victor Joseph Ghislain Demanet (1895 – 1964)
Isidore-Lievin De Rudder (1855 – 1943)
Louis-Antoine de Smeth (1883 – 1964)
Pieter De Soete (1886 – 1948)
Godefroid Devreese (1861 Courtrai (Flanders) – 1941 Brussels, Belgium)
Auguste De Wever (born in 1856, year of death unknown)
Paul-Maurice Dubois (1859 – 1938)
Josuë Dupon (1864 – c. 1934-35)
Louis Dupont (1896 – 1967)
Toon Dupuis (1877 – 1937)
Antoine Fisch (1827 – 1892)
Joseph Fisch (1870 – 1931)
Paul Fisch (born in 1865, year of death unknown)
Jules Fonson
Édouard Louis Geerts (1846 – 1889)
Léon Gobert (1869 – 1935)
Laurent Joseph Hart (1810 – 1860)
Frans Jochems (1880 – 1949)
Jules Jooris
Jules Jourdain (born in 1883, year of death unknown)
Adolphe Christian Jouvenel (1798 - 1867)^[15]
Jules Lagae (1862 – 1931)
Karl Lateur
Jean Lecroart (1883 – 1967)
Dolf Ledel
Hippolyte Le Roy (1857 – 1943)
Alfonse "Alf" Mauquoy (1880 – 1954)
Alphonse Michaux (1860 – 1928)
Georges Petit (1879 – c. 1958-59)
Joseph Arnold Pingret (1798 – 1862)
René Pirart (born in 1887, died after 1952)
Marcel Rau (1886 – 1966)
Victor Rousseau (1865 – 1954)
Charles Samuel (1862 – c. 1938-39)
Henri Thiery (1875 – 1941)
Robert van de Velde (1895 – 1978)
Madeleine van Dionant (1903 – 1984)
Philo Van Riel
Georges Verbanck (1881 – 1961)
Franz Vermeylen (1857 – 1922)
Charles Wiener (1832 – 1888)
Jacques Wiener (1815 – 1899)
Léopold Wiener (1823 – 1891)
Paul Wissaert (1885 – 1972)
Joseph Witterwulghe (1883 – 1967)
Marcel "Marc" Wolfers (1886 – 1976)
Philippe Wolfers (1858 – 1929)

British medallic artists

Posthumous medallic portrait of William Wyon by his son L. C. Wyon (1854). Both designed coins for Queen Victoria

George Gammon Adams (1821 – 1898)
William Henry James Blakemore, Engraver, (1871 Birmingham, West Midlands – 1945 Croydon, South London)^[16] Signature: WHJB
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834 Vienna, Austria – 1890 London, England)
Frank Bowcher (1864 – 1938)
Sir Thomas Brock (1847 – 1922)
John Croker (1670 – 1741).
Joseph Davis (died c. 1857)
Ron Dutton (born 1935)
George William de Saulles (1862 – 1903) Signatures: „DES“, „DS“, or „WS“.^[17]
Joseph Fray
Ernest George Gillick (1874 – 1951)
Mary Gaskell Gillick OBE (1881 – 1965)
Samuel Grün
Thomas Halliday (born c. 1780, year of death unknown)
John Henning (Scottish) (1771 – 1851)
Michael Hibbit, (1947 London –)
Thomas Wells Ingram (1799 Warwickshire – 1844 Birmingham, England) ^[18]
George Kruger Grey (1880 London, England – 1943 Chichester West Sussex, England). Signature: GK
Arnold Machin (1911 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire – 1999 Eccleshall near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) Signature: RDM
Raphael David Maklouf (1937 Jerusalem, Israel – )
Percy Metcalfe (1895 – 1970)
George Mills (c. 1792-93 – 1824)
Philip R. Nathan (born in 1941)
Jane McAdam Freud (born in 1958)
Thomas Humphrey Paget, Sculptor, (1893 Watford, Hertfordshire near London, England – 1974 Sussex). Signature: HP
Francis Phillips
Thomas Ryan Pinches (born in 1825, year of death unknown)
Benedetto Pistrucci (born in Italy; became English Chief engraver)
Felicity Powell
Edward Carter Preston
Ian Rank- Broadley Coin Designer, (1952 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey England –). Signature: IRB^[19]
Sara Richards^[20]
Thomas Webb (fl. 1797 – 1830)
Alfred Benjamin Wyon (1837 – 1884)
Joseph Shepherd Wyon (1836 – 1873)
Leonard Charles Wyon (1826 – 1891)
William Wyon (1795 – 1851)