Abel Mignon (2 December 1861 – 30 January 1936) was a French artist and engraver. He engraved postage stamps for France, its colonies and for Czechoslovakia, as well as posters and currency. He studied at the Paris Académie des Beaux-Arts and was a Legion of Honour awardee.
Mignon was married and had a daughter, Yvonne Bouisset-Mignon (1891-1978), who also had a career in engraving and was married to Firmin Bouisset.[4]
On 30 January 1936 Mignon died at Fontainebleau and is interred there; his tomb features a bronze medallion portrait executed by Charles Virion.[5]
Careeredit
Mignon's debut was at the Salon des artistes français in 1887, where he exhibited wood engravings in the style of Édouard Toudouze.[6] He was twice named laureate of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1903 and 1923). In 1908 he was awarded the Legion of Honour.[7][8] Between 1909 and 1923 he was commissioned by the Chalcographie du Louvre.[9][7]
In 1910 he ran, with success, as a candidate in the elections of Seine-et-Marne against Jacques-Louis Dumesnil.[10] Mignon then devoted his time to painting, inspired by Fontainebleau where he lived for a time before returning to engraving.[8]
1928 Le Travail Caisse d’Amortissement stampPoster for 6th National Loan in 1920
His 1928 semi-postal stamp for the Caisse d'Amortissement, Sinking Fund, was the first to use the intaglio printing method.[13] The design was after a work by Albert Turin.[8] From 1927 he also worked for the Czechoslovak post office engraving stamps after the work of Jaroslav Šetelík.[14]
Lithographer and engraver Bertrand Bonpunt studied under Mignon.[15]
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^Édouard-Joseph, René (1930). Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, t. 1 (in French). Paris: Art & Édition. p. 164.
Bibliographyedit
M. Couvé, Abel Mignon, graveur, tome 1, Société philatélique de Fontainebleau, 2005.
Abel Mignon, in: Relais n° 100, revue de la Société des amis du musée de la Poste, décembre 2007.
January 01, 1970
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Abel Mignon 2 December 1861 30 January 1936 was a French artist and engraver He engraved postage stamps for France its colonies and for Czechoslovakia as well as posters and currency He studied at the Paris Academie des Beaux Arts and was a Legion of Honour awardee Abel MignonBornJustin Abel Francois Mignon 1861 12 02 December 2 1861BordeauxDiedJanuary 30 1936 1936 01 30 aged 74 FontainebleauResting placeFontainebleau cemeteryNationalityFrenchKnown forEngraving postage stamps and postersNotable workLe Travail Caisse d Amortissement postage stampFamilyYvonne Bouisset MignonAwardsLegion of Honour 1908 Contents 1 Family life and education 2 Career 3 References 4 BibliographyFamily life and education editJustin Abel Francois Xavier Mignon was born in Bordeaux on 2 December 1861 1 During his youth Mignon composed poems in association with Leonce Burret Charles Fuster and Lucien Schnegg 2 He studied painting with Jean Leon Gerome and Alfred Loudet and Louis Pierre Henriquel Dupont was his engraving professor He was admitted to the Beaux Arts de Paris in 1882 attempted the prix de Rome scholarship and in 1884 won the second grand prix for engraving 3 Mignon was married and had a daughter Yvonne Bouisset Mignon 1891 1978 who also had a career in engraving and was married to Firmin Bouisset 4 On 30 January 1936 Mignon died at Fontainebleau and is interred there his tomb features a bronze medallion portrait executed by Charles Virion 5 Career editMignon s debut was at the Salon des artistes francais in 1887 where he exhibited wood engravings in the style of Edouard Toudouze 6 He was twice named laureate of the Academie des Beaux Arts in 1903 and 1923 In 1908 he was awarded the Legion of Honour 7 8 Between 1909 and 1923 he was commissioned by the Chalcographie du Louvre 9 7 In 1910 he ran with success as a candidate in the elections of Seine et Marne against Jacques Louis Dumesnil 10 Mignon then devoted his time to painting inspired by Fontainebleau where he lived for a time before returning to engraving 8 nbsp 1928 Le Travail Caisse d Amortissement stamp nbsp Poster for 6th National Loan in 1920 From 1913 he engraved postage stamps for the French colonies in Africa such as Dahomey Guyana Madagascar 10 some in the style of works by Joseph de La Neziere and from 1920 after Paul Albert Laurens and Jules Chaplain for the French post office 11 He created posters for French national causes such as the 1920 6th National Loan 12 His 1928 semi postal stamp for the Caisse d Amortissement Sinking Fund was the first to use the intaglio printing method 13 The design was after a work by Albert Turin 8 From 1927 he also worked for the Czechoslovak post office engraving stamps after the work of Jaroslav Setelik 14 Lithographer and engraver Bertrand Bonpunt studied under Mignon 15 References edit nbsp Philately portal Mignon Justin Abel Francois ENSBA Cat zArts in French Retrieved 11 April 2021 Laroche Ernest 2015 A travers le vieux Bordeaux Recit et carnet de voyages in French Ligaran ISBN 978 2012521650 Mignon Justin Abel Francois ENSBA Cat zArts in French Retrieved 11 April 2021 Bouisset Firmin Les monuments aux morts monumentsmorts univ lille fr in French University of Lille Retrieved 2021 04 11 Landru Philippe 29 August 2009 Fontainebleau 77 cimetiere Cimetieres de France et d ailleurs in French Retrieved 11 April 2021 Base Salons salons musee orsay fr in French Retrieved 2021 04 11 a b Vue de la ville et du port de Bordeaux Ateliers d Art des Musees Nationaux in French 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2021 a b c Le Travail premier timbre poste francais grave en taille douce 1928 Musee de la Poste in French Archived from the original on 15 February 2020 Retrieved 11 April 2021 Archives des musees nationaux Departement Chalcographie gravure dessins et estampes du musee du Louvre series C CG et CR 1901 1951 Archives Nationales in French Retrieved 11 April 2021 a b Abel Mignon biography amp list of his French stamp designs www phil ouest com originally Musee de La Poste Retrieved 2021 04 11 Nowacka Monika October 2014 Abel Mignon 1861 1936 graveur meconnu Timbres Magazine in French nº 160 Associes Tessier amp Sarrou et Tessier amp Sarrou et Associes Societe de ventes aux encheres Tessier amp Sarrou et Associes in French Retrieved 2021 04 11 Brun Jean Francois Nowacka Monika 2012 06 01 La fabrication des timbres poste Les procedes d impression Nouvelles de l Estampe in French 239 30 45 doi 10 4000 estampe 1020 ISSN 0029 4888 Jaroslav Setelik 1881 1955 Abel Mignon 1861 1936 Die Briefmarkengalerie tschechischer und slowakischer Graphik Kunst in German Archived from the original on 20 January 2020 Retrieved 11 April 2021 Edouard Joseph Rene 1930 Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains t 1 in French Paris Art amp Edition p 164 Bibliography editM Couve Abel Mignon graveur tome 1 Societe philatelique de Fontainebleau 2005 Abel Mignon in Relais n 100 revue de la Societe des amis du musee de la Poste decembre 2007 Retrieved from https 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