Henri-Lucien Cheffer Explained

Henri-Lucien Cheffer
Birth Date:30 December 1880
Birth Place:Paris
Nationality:French
Known For:Painting, engraving, stamp and banknote designs

Henri-Lucien Cheffer (30 December 1880, Paris – 3 May 1957) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator.[1] Cheffer was chiefly known for his postage stamp designs,[2] the first of which he designed in 1911.[3] He also designed bank notes for French Algeria, Tunisia, the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies.[4]

Early life

Cheffer was born in 1880 in Paris. He studied at the School of Decorative Arts, Paris, and in the studio of Léon Bonnat.[5]

Awards

He received the second prize for engraving in the Grand Prix de Rome in 1904 and 1906.[5] At the annual exhibition Salon des Artistes Français, he received an honourable mention in 1902, a medal in 1919 and a medal of honour in 1927.[6]

Work

Paintings

Cheffer was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, where he exhibited exclusively.[7] During the First World War, Cheffer produced many watercolors depicting scenes of battle and destruction.[8]

Postage stamp designs

Cheffer was responsible for 384 stamp designs, 52 of which were for France.[4] His first stamp design, in 1911, was for Iran.[4]

In 1940, Cheffer was invited by the French government to design a joint Anglo-French stamp.[9]

In 1955, he designed a set of stamps depicting Monaco's Prince Rainier III.[10]

Cheffer's series of French postage stamps, known as the Marianne de Cheffer series, was in circulation from 1967 to 1971.[11]

Collections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographies des principales personnalités françaises décédées au cours de l'année. Temerson. Henri. Hachette. 1957. 41. fr. Google Books.
    - Necrology. The American Philatelist. American Philatelic Association. 70. 1956. Google Books.
  2. Book: Miller, Niels A.. Encyclopedia of Music Philately. American Topical Association. 1963. 25. Google Books.
  3. Book: Schurr, Gérald. 1820-1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: Valeur de demain. 9782859170165. Editions de l'Amateur. 1975. fr. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Bulletin . December 2015 . HENRY CHEFFER (1880-1957) . 6 . 1 January 2021. Aeroscopia. fr.
  5. Book: Puget, Catherine. L'Estampe en Bretagne 1880-1960. Musée de Pont-Aven. 2006. 9782910128371. 41–44. fr. Google Books.
  6. Web site: CHEFFER Henri Lucien. Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. fr.
  7. Book: Hunnisett, Basil. Engraved on Steel: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates: History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates. 9780429859052. 5 September 2018. Routledge. Basil Hunnisett. Google Books.
    - Web site: Henry Cheffer (1880 - 1957). Bretagne Ancienne.
  8. Web site: Cheffer, Henri Lucien . Imperial War Museum, London.
  9. Web site: Proposed Anglo-French issue. The Postal Museum. London.
    - Web site: Proposed Anglo-French Union issue (1940). Royal Mail.
    - Web site: Le Musée de la Poste s'exporte. Valgirardin. fr.
  10. Web site: Monaco: Refreshing Rainier. Adrian Keppel. Stamp Magazine. 2020-03-28. 2014-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810200932/http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/news/article/monaco-refreshing-rainier/8284. dead.
  11. Web site: Marianne de Cheffer. toutsurletimbre. La Poste. fr.
  12. Web site: Achetez le nouveau timbre antituberculeux "mieux vaut prévenir--" . National Library of Medicine.
  13. Web site: Journées de Bourg-la-Reine . . . 1915 - au profit des oeuvres de la commune. Library of Congress.
  14. Web site: In the battle against tuberculosis, a portrait of Calmette, as the saviour of children through his BCG vaccine, invites the purchase of fund-raising stamps. Colour lithograph after H. Cheffer, 1934. Wellcome Collection.
  15. Web site: Les collections du département des arts graphiques - la Salute à Venise - CHEFFER Henri-Lucien. Musée du Louvre.
  16. Web site: Imagier de la gravure sur bois originale [1920–21]]. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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