MARTINY, Philip (1858-1927) French-American sculptor, medalist.
Born Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 19 May 1858.
Came to America 1876.
Worked as assistant to Augustus St-Gaudens. Created
exposition sculpture at Chicago World's Fair 1892,
Buffalo Pan-American 1901, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.
The City of New York owns more of his outdoor sculpture
(14 pieces) than any other artist other than John Quincy
Adams Ward (q.v.).
Also created relief tablets too large to be listed here.
Associate: National Academy of Design.
Member: National Sculpture Society.
Died New York City, 26 January 1927.
B A D G E S
1889 Washington (George) Inaugural Centennial Badge
(designed by Augustus St-Gaudens, modeled by Philip
Martiny; cast by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . Douglas 54
Auctions:. . . . . . . PCA 45:60, PCA 47:289, PCA 50:440
R E L I E F S
1900 Carrere (John Merven) and Hastings (Thomas) Plaque
(model never finished by Martiny, but several oval
casts made in bronze according to Eidlitz) . Eidlitz 231
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 0000.999.1064
M E D A L S
Born Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 19 May 1858.
Came to America 1876.
Worked as assistant to Augustus St-Gaudens. Created
exposition sculpture at Chicago World's Fair 1892,
Buffalo Pan-American 1901, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.
The City of New York owns more of his outdoor sculpture
(14 pieces) than any other artist other than John Quincy
Adams Ward (q.v.).
Also created relief tablets too large to be listed here.
Associate: National Academy of Design.
Member: National Sculpture Society.
Died New York City, 26 January 1927.
B A D G E S
1889 Washington (George) Inaugural Centennial Badge
(designed by Augustus St-Gaudens, modeled by Philip
Martiny; cast by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . Douglas 54
Auctions:. . . . . . . PCA 45:60, PCA 47:289, PCA 50:440
R E L I E F S
1900 Carrere (John Merven) and Hastings (Thomas) Plaque
(model never finished by Martiny, but several oval
casts made in bronze according to Eidlitz) . Eidlitz 231
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 0000.999.1064
M E D A L S
1889 Washington (George) Inaugural Centennial Medallion
(designed by Augustus St-Gaudens, modeled by Philip
Martiny; cast by Gorham) . . . . . . . (73), Douglas 53,
Baxter 77, Dryfhout 134, Walters 195
Auctions:. . . . . . CAL 28:543, CAL 29:825, CAL 30:522,
CAL 30:783, CAL 31:317, CAL 35:914;
J&J 10:1499-1501, J&J 11:786, J&J 14:672, J&J 15:256,
J&J 22:981, J&J 25:344, J&J 26:593; PCA 44:96,
PCA 45:59, PCA 46:157, PCA 48:546, PCA 50:439,
PCA 51:337, PCA 51:1070, PCA 54:438, PCA 55:84,
PCA 57:451, PCA 59:490, PCA 60:224, PCA 61:238,
PCA 64:250, PCA 65:361, PCA 66:250, PCA 67:241,
PCA 68:215, PCA 69:337, PCA 71:218, PCA 74:330,
PCA 80:211, PCA 82:158, PCA 84:200-201
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1976.263.9
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . 346
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . 90.18.1
Collection: Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France . . . . . .
Collection: Newark Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . 00.350
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 377:279
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 143
Collection: Walters Art Gallery Baltimore. . . . . .
Collection: Washington & Lee University. . . . . . .
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 143
Illustrated: The Numismatist 56: 1943) p 94
Illustrated: Vermeule A15 {1971} Numismatic Art p. . 96
Illustrated: MA2 {1999} Stahl, Medal In America, 140-141
1892 Sugar House Prison Demolition Medal. . . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1] . 0000.999.8203
1894 Grady (Henry W.) Cotton States Expo Souvenir Medal
(designed by Matiny, struck by U.S. Mint). . .Swoger 9
Illustrated: M62 {2008}Swoger, Nat Comm Medals p 37.
1895 Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Medal
(struck by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baxter 92
Auctions:. . . NAS 22:4098-4099; PCA 42:341, PCA 45:241,
PCA 50:1249, PCA 54:1702, PCA 55:169, PCA 58:357,
PCA 65:404, PCA 68:1500, PCA 69:232
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1933.64.17
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . 258
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 143
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 363:190
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 143
Illustrated: P4 {1978} TAMS Journal 18:4 (August) p 139
Illustrated: Jaeger M61 {2008} U.S. Tokens, Medals, p 247
1896 Society of Beaux Arts Architects Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
1889 Washington (George) Inaugural Centennial
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas 54
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2 linear ft. on 2 partial
microfilm reels: 2156, 2223.
C O L L E C T I O N S
C4 {1912} Comparette 190, p 363; 279 377, frontispiece.
C10 {1972} Norton (673, p 31.
C14 {1996} Marqusee 258, p 51.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
Px {1896} News and Views [Philip Martiny medal for Society of Beaux Arts
Architects] The Collector 8:1 (1 November 1896) p 1-8..
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 230.
P30 {1927} New York Times (27 June) 19:5.
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 784.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 981-982.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography 6:2 p 350-352, by A.A. [Adeline Adams].
A18 {1974} Goode, p 274-275.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 399 (born 10 May).
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 589.
AE2 {1990} Falk, Art Institute of Chicago, p 592.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 14:616-617, by Wayne Craven.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2204.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 9:403.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 259.
M12 {1927} Eidlitz 231.
R6 {1950ca}Weil. Unpublished manuscript. (Felix Weil works for Martiny as sculptor
assistant on Chicago World's Fair sculpture, other work.)
Q8 {1949} Douglas 53, 54.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 97, 181.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 79.
S48 {1985} Rulau and Fuld (Douglas) 53, 54, p 216-217 [several errors in comments].
M42 {1987} Baxter 77, p 31; 92, 34-35 [author’s statement in error this was “the sole
work of medallic art by Philip Matiny.”]
M61 {2008} Jaeger (Katherine) Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, p 247.
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of
Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 49-50, 76.
M62 {2008} Swoger, National Commemorative Medals, 9, p 36-37.
(designed by Augustus St-Gaudens, modeled by Philip
Martiny; cast by Gorham) . . . . . . . (73), Douglas 53,
Baxter 77, Dryfhout 134, Walters 195
Auctions:. . . . . . CAL 28:543, CAL 29:825, CAL 30:522,
CAL 30:783, CAL 31:317, CAL 35:914;
J&J 10:1499-1501, J&J 11:786, J&J 14:672, J&J 15:256,
J&J 22:981, J&J 25:344, J&J 26:593; PCA 44:96,
PCA 45:59, PCA 46:157, PCA 48:546, PCA 50:439,
PCA 51:337, PCA 51:1070, PCA 54:438, PCA 55:84,
PCA 57:451, PCA 59:490, PCA 60:224, PCA 61:238,
PCA 64:250, PCA 65:361, PCA 66:250, PCA 67:241,
PCA 68:215, PCA 69:337, PCA 71:218, PCA 74:330,
PCA 80:211, PCA 82:158, PCA 84:200-201
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1976.263.9
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . 346
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . 90.18.1
Collection: Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France . . . . . .
Collection: Newark Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . 00.350
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 377:279
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 143
Collection: Walters Art Gallery Baltimore. . . . . .
Collection: Washington & Lee University. . . . . . .
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 143
Illustrated: The Numismatist 56: 1943) p 94
Illustrated: Vermeule A15 {1971} Numismatic Art p. . 96
Illustrated: MA2 {1999} Stahl, Medal In America, 140-141
1892 Sugar House Prison Demolition Medal. . . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Soc [>1] . 0000.999.8203
1894 Grady (Henry W.) Cotton States Expo Souvenir Medal
(designed by Matiny, struck by U.S. Mint). . .Swoger 9
Illustrated: M62 {2008}Swoger, Nat Comm Medals p 37.
1895 Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Medal
(struck by Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baxter 92
Auctions:. . . NAS 22:4098-4099; PCA 42:341, PCA 45:241,
PCA 50:1249, PCA 54:1702, PCA 55:169, PCA 58:357,
PCA 65:404, PCA 68:1500, PCA 69:232
Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1933.64.17
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . 258
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 143
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 363:190
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 143
Illustrated: P4 {1978} TAMS Journal 18:4 (August) p 139
Illustrated: Jaeger M61 {2008} U.S. Tokens, Medals, p 247
1896 Society of Beaux Arts Architects Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
1889 Washington (George) Inaugural Centennial
Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas 54
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2 linear ft. on 2 partial
microfilm reels: 2156, 2223.
C O L L E C T I O N S
C4 {1912} Comparette 190, p 363; 279 377, frontispiece.
C10 {1972} Norton (673, p 31.
C14 {1996} Marqusee 258, p 51.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
Px {1896} News and Views [Philip Martiny medal for Society of Beaux Arts
Architects] The Collector 8:1 (1 November 1896) p 1-8..
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 230.
P30 {1927} New York Times (27 June) 19:5.
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 784.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 981-982.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography 6:2 p 350-352, by A.A. [Adeline Adams].
A18 {1974} Goode, p 274-275.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 399 (born 10 May).
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 589.
AE2 {1990} Falk, Art Institute of Chicago, p 592.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 14:616-617, by Wayne Craven.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2204.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 9:403.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 259.
M12 {1927} Eidlitz 231.
R6 {1950ca}Weil. Unpublished manuscript. (Felix Weil works for Martiny as sculptor
assistant on Chicago World's Fair sculpture, other work.)
Q8 {1949} Douglas 53, 54.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 97, 181.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 79.
S48 {1985} Rulau and Fuld (Douglas) 53, 54, p 216-217 [several errors in comments].
M42 {1987} Baxter 77, p 31; 92, 34-35 [author’s statement in error this was “the sole
work of medallic art by Philip Matiny.”]
M61 {2008} Jaeger (Katherine) Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, p 247.
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of
Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 49-50, 76.
M62 {2008} Swoger, National Commemorative Medals, 9, p 36-37.