LIPCHITZ, Jacques (1891-1973)
Lithuanian-American sculptor, medalist.
Full name: Chaim Jacob Lipchitz.
Born Druskinikai, Lithuania, 22 August 1891.
Went to France, member School of Paris, founded
cubist school there, before coming to America 1941.
Recipient of American Academy of Arts and Letters
Gold Medal for Sculpture, 1917.
Died Capri, Italy, 26 May 1973.
M E D A L S
Lithuanian-American sculptor, medalist.
Full name: Chaim Jacob Lipchitz.
Born Druskinikai, Lithuania, 22 August 1891.
Went to France, member School of Paris, founded
cubist school there, before coming to America 1941.
Recipient of American Academy of Arts and Letters
Gold Medal for Sculpture, 1917.
Died Capri, Italy, 26 May 1973.
M E D A L S
1964 Johnson (Lyndon Baines) Presidential Scholar
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . Rochette J-64-5, MAco 1964-011
Illustrated: S21 (1967) Rochette (medals of LBJ) p. . 78
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . Rochette J-64-5, MAco 1964-011
Illustrated: S21 (1967) Rochette (medals of LBJ) p. . 78
1968 Jerusalem Foundation Medallion . . . . . . . MAco 1968-068
1969 Presidential Scholar Medal . . . . . . . MAco 1969-017-002
1969 Presidential Scholar Medal [dates/issue: 1969- ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1969-017-004
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p 85
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D17 {1960} Wadia.
BA {1962} Who's Who In American Art: 1962 [8ed:379, one line],
1966 [9ed:289, two lines], 1970 [10ed:260],
1973 [11ed:451], 1976 [12ed:344].
D16 {1959} Murray.
D20 {1966} Cummings – through 6th ed (1996) p 435-436.
B35 {1967} Who's Who.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 741.
101 {1969} Arnason (H.H.) Jacques Lipchitz: Sketches in Bronze. New York: Praeger
Publishers (1969) 195 pp, illus, 161 plates.
A14 {1970} Osborne, p 663-664.
A18 {1974} Goode, p 234-235.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 545.
AE1 {1988} Falk 3:296.
A29 {1988} Osborne, p 328-330.
AE2 {1990} Falk, Art Institute of Chicago, p 556-557.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 13:718-720, by Thomas P. Somma.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2033-2034, 2036.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 8:1104-1106.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
S21 {1965} Rochette (medals of LBJ) J-64-5, p 78.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 85-86.
Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p 85
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D17 {1960} Wadia.
BA {1962} Who's Who In American Art: 1962 [8ed:379, one line],
1966 [9ed:289, two lines], 1970 [10ed:260],
1973 [11ed:451], 1976 [12ed:344].
D16 {1959} Murray.
D20 {1966} Cummings – through 6th ed (1996) p 435-436.
B35 {1967} Who's Who.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 741.
101 {1969} Arnason (H.H.) Jacques Lipchitz: Sketches in Bronze. New York: Praeger
Publishers (1969) 195 pp, illus, 161 plates.
A14 {1970} Osborne, p 663-664.
A18 {1974} Goode, p 234-235.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 545.
AE1 {1988} Falk 3:296.
A29 {1988} Osborne, p 328-330.
AE2 {1990} Falk, Art Institute of Chicago, p 556-557.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 13:718-720, by Thomas P. Somma.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2033-2034, 2036.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 8:1104-1106.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
S21 {1965} Rochette (medals of LBJ) J-64-5, p 78.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 85-86.