CHANDLER, Elisabeth Gordon (1913-2006) sculptor, medalist.
Maiden name: Elisabeth Stith Gordon.
Married name (1): Mrs. Robert K. Chandler,
Married name (2): Mrs. Laci de Gerenday.
Born Saint Louis, Missouri, 10 June 1913.
Signed models EG inside C monogram.
Academician: National Academy of Design
Director: American Artists Professional League.
Director: Council of American Artists Societies.
Fellow (Council Member): National Sculpture Society.
Fellow: Allied Artists of America.
Fellow: International Institute of Arts and Letters.
Trustee (Art Committee): Brookgreen Gardens.
Trustee (Founder, Professor): Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.
Emeritus: Pen & Brush Club.
Emeritus: American Artists Professional League.
Emeritus: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.
Member: American Medallic Sculpture Association.
Awarded: Sculpture Award of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club (1963) for her Timoshenko Medal.
Awarded: Herbert Adams Memorial Medal (1997) National
Sculpture Society.
Died 29 November 2006.
R E L I E F S
19xx Brook Relief [child] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19xx Susan At Age Four Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19xx Walter Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1977 Order of the Garter Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M E D A L S E R I E S
Society of Medalists:
1981 Society of Medalists 104th Issue . . . . . MAco 1930-001-104
Auctions:. . . . CAL 30:104, CAL 31:79-80, CAL 33:3104,
CAL 35:2104; PCA 65:1808
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1982.31.1
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
Illustrated: M68 {2012} Alexander. Am Art Medals, p 232
Hall of Fame Series:
Maiden name: Elisabeth Stith Gordon.
Married name (1): Mrs. Robert K. Chandler,
Married name (2): Mrs. Laci de Gerenday.
Born Saint Louis, Missouri, 10 June 1913.
Signed models EG inside C monogram.
Academician: National Academy of Design
Director: American Artists Professional League.
Director: Council of American Artists Societies.
Fellow (Council Member): National Sculpture Society.
Fellow: Allied Artists of America.
Fellow: International Institute of Arts and Letters.
Trustee (Art Committee): Brookgreen Gardens.
Trustee (Founder, Professor): Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.
Emeritus: Pen & Brush Club.
Emeritus: American Artists Professional League.
Emeritus: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.
Member: American Medallic Sculpture Association.
Awarded: Sculpture Award of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club (1963) for her Timoshenko Medal.
Awarded: Herbert Adams Memorial Medal (1997) National
Sculpture Society.
Died 29 November 2006.
R E L I E F S
19xx Brook Relief [child] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19xx Susan At Age Four Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19xx Walter Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1977 Order of the Garter Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M E D A L S E R I E S
Society of Medalists:
1981 Society of Medalists 104th Issue . . . . . MAco 1930-001-104
Auctions:. . . . CAL 30:104, CAL 31:79-80, CAL 33:3104,
CAL 35:2104; PCA 65:1808
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1982.31.1
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
Illustrated: M68 {2012} Alexander. Am Art Medals, p 232
Hall of Fame Series:
1963 Franklin (Benjamin) Medal. . . . . . . . . MAco 1963-001-002,
Greenslet GM-202
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . BMP 2:5685; CAL 35:2212;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Greenslet GM-202
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . BMP 2:5685; CAL 35:2212;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
1972 Edwards (Jonathan) Medal . . . . . . . . . MAco 1963-001-085
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 35:2140;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit . . 30
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 35:2140;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit . . 30
1973 Michelson (Albert A.) Medal. . . . . . . . MAco 1963-001-088
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 35:2158;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1975} NSS 42nd Exhibition cat, illus. 78
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 31, 32
Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:
1997 Forrest and MarshMedal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Series 25
Auctions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 80:1627
United States Capitol Historical Society Medals:
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 35:2158;
PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
Exhibited: AE8 {1975} NSS 42nd Exhibition cat, illus. 78
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 31, 32
Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:
1997 Forrest and MarshMedal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Series 25
Auctions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 80:1627
United States Capitol Historical Society Medals:
1982 Washington (George) Birth 250th Anniversary and
Great Seal 200th Anniversary Medal . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . CAL 32:1494; PCA 56:443[group/12],
PCA 60:1625, PCA 63:1966, PCA 70:1350, PCA 78:1166,
PCA 84:922-925
M E D A L S
1935 Lenox School Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194x Bundles For Britain Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Great Seal 200th Anniversary Medal . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . CAL 32:1494; PCA 56:443[group/12],
PCA 60:1625, PCA 63:1966, PCA 70:1350, PCA 78:1166,
PCA 84:922-925
M E D A L S
1935 Lenox School Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194x Bundles For Britain Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1954 Forrestal (James) Memorial Medal . . . . . . MAco 1954-027
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 8:1556, J&J 13:560
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 8:1556, J&J 13:560
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
1956 Society of Mechanical Engineers Stephen Timoshenko Medal
[dates/issue: 1956- ]. . . . . . . . . MAco 1956-068
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 13:256; PCA 80:1723
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
[dates/issue: 1956- ]. . . . . . . . . MAco 1956-068
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 13:256; PCA 80:1723
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
1974 University of South Carolina Richard G. Shafto
Broadcasting Medal [dates/issued: 1974- ]. . MAco 1974-228
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
2000 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Enrichment of Life: Visual Arts
and Performing Arts Medal . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 28, 29
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BA {1966} Who's Who In American Art: 1966 [9ed:73],
1970 [10ed:66], 1973 [11ed:124],
1976 [12ed:94], 1978 [13ed:118],
1980 [14ed:125], 1982 [15ed:159],
1984 [16ed:156], 1986 [17ed:168],
1989 [18ed:177], 1990 [19ed:186],
1992 [20ed:196], 1995 [21ed:204],
1997 [22ed:202], 1999 [23ed:204],
2001 [24ed:198], 2003 [25ed:203],
2005 [26ed:215], 2007 [28ed:1523 necrology].
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 144 (under Chandler), 336 (under Gordon).
MA1{1988} Stahl (Alan M., editor) The Medal in America. ∙ Joseph Veach Noble "The Society of Medalists" & Circle of Friends of Medallion, pp 223-247.BW1 {1995} Who's Who American Women, p 180.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:612.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:456 (under Gordon).
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1977} NSS 42nd Exhibition, panel of medals, p 91.
AE {1992} AMSA Directory of Artists.
S55 {1993} Greenslet GM-202, p 86.
AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit (1994-95) p 9.
M68 {2012} Alexander (David Thompson) American Art Medals, 1909-1995; The
Circle of Friends of Medallion and the Society of Medalists, p 232.
Broadcasting Medal [dates/issued: 1974- ]. . MAco 1974-228
Exhibited: AE8 {1977} NSS 44th Exhibition cat, illus 91
2000 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Enrichment of Life: Visual Arts
and Performing Arts Medal . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 28, 29
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BA {1966} Who's Who In American Art: 1966 [9ed:73],
1970 [10ed:66], 1973 [11ed:124],
1976 [12ed:94], 1978 [13ed:118],
1980 [14ed:125], 1982 [15ed:159],
1984 [16ed:156], 1986 [17ed:168],
1989 [18ed:177], 1990 [19ed:186],
1992 [20ed:196], 1995 [21ed:204],
1997 [22ed:202], 1999 [23ed:204],
2001 [24ed:198], 2003 [25ed:203],
2005 [26ed:215], 2007 [28ed:1523 necrology].
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 144 (under Chandler), 336 (under Gordon).
MA1{1988} Stahl (Alan M., editor) The Medal in America. ∙ Joseph Veach Noble "The Society of Medalists" & Circle of Friends of Medallion, pp 223-247.BW1 {1995} Who's Who American Women, p 180.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:612.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:456 (under Gordon).
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1977} NSS 42nd Exhibition, panel of medals, p 91.
AE {1992} AMSA Directory of Artists.
S55 {1993} Greenslet GM-202, p 86.
AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit (1994-95) p 9.
M68 {2012} Alexander (David Thompson) American Art Medals, 1909-1995; The
Circle of Friends of Medallion and the Society of Medalists, p 232.