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Oscar Roty
Photographc. 1900
Born	Louis-Oscar Roty 11 June 1846 Paris,Kingdom of France
Died	23 March 1911(1911-03-23) (aged 64) Paris,French Republic

Louis-Oscar Roty usually known asOscar Roty (11 June 1846 – 23 March 1911) was one of the most celebrated^[1]medallists of theArt Nouveau period.

Louis-Oscar Roty was born on 11 June 1846 inParis. He first studied painting andsculpture, working underLecoq de Boisbaudran,Augustin-Alexandre Dumont andHubert Ponscarme, his mentor, was largely responsible for the renewal ofmedallic art at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1867 he had abandoned the medal rim in his design for his medal of Naudet, the background and graphics becoming part of the sculpture. Roty, along with Champlain,Alexandre Charpentier, and others, influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, advanced this resurgence of art in medal design. Roty, in particular, introduced the Renaissance form of theplaquette, which further emphasized the significance of the medal as a work of art. He designed hundreds of art medals celebrated for their graceful designs.

Following some difficulties early in his career, in 1882 Roty won the second prize in thePrix de Rome. This success was followed by many others, including the Grand Prix de Rome in 1875 and the Grand Prix at the1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He was appointed to the rank of Professor in theAcadémie des Beaux-Arts in 1888, and in 1897 became its president. In 1889 he became an Officer in theLegion of Honor and rose to Commander in 1900.^[2] At the height of his career, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Salon in 1905. In 1878 Oscar Roty married Marie Boulanger, daughter of thewrought iron craftsman Pierre Boulanger.

Besides a huge number of medals and plaquettes, Roty is well known as the designer of the "Semeuse" image on French silver coins and stamps. His medallic art can be found in nearly all European museums. A large number of his medals and plaquettes can be viewed in theKunsthalle Hamburg and the Musée Oscar Roty inJargeau,France.

Dr.George F. Kunz wrote about his contributions to the Medallic Arts.^[3]

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  Lens Mining Company
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  Patria 25th anniversary of theFrench Third Republic
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  SirJohn Pope Hennessy
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  Piercing of theisthmus of Panama
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  Pierre Boulanger (blacksmith) [fr]
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  Medal of theEastern Algeria Rail Transport
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  La Semeuse (the sower) on a French postage stamp of 1918
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  Charlotte Ragot, model from Oscar Roty for hisLa Semeuse

• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905)."Roty, Louis Oscar" .New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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• Oscar Roty in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

47°52′0.39″N2°7′20.55″E / 47.8667750°N 2.1223750°E /47.8667750; 2.1223750 (Musée Oscar Roty)

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