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PAUL GRANDHOMME

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This striking looking man is Paul Grandhomme.
Paul was a French medalist, engraver and enameller.
He was born in Paris in 1851, and died in 1944.

Paul originally trained as a jeweller, but the 1871 Franco-Prussian war forced him to become a librarian.
This proved to be the start of his enamelling career as, after reading Claudius Popelins history of enamelling, Paul became fascinated by the technique.

Paul used his flat as his studio, with his dining room as the main area of work, and using a furnace in his kitchen to bake the enamel.
He also worked with the Falize Jewellery house, particularly Lucien Falize.
He is buried in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer.
His tomb is topped by a bronze statue created by Émile Armel-Beaufils.

A variety of Paul Grandhomme's work is displayed at the Musee d'Orsay.
Two of his enamelled medals are on show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A pre-World War I commemorative medal he made, was part of a Victoria & Albert Musuem exhibition on 'European Commemorative Medals for the Great War'.

Paul Grandhomme by Raphaël Collin.

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