Angelic Belgium Royal Crown

(2015) 1930 Angelic Royal Crown Belgian Nouveau Independence Medal, Bronze Medal by Rau - Illustration No.99 Hand Drawn in Graphite on 96lb. Bristol... more

by Fred Larucci

Original - Not For Sale

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

8.500 x 11.000 inches

Title

Angelic Belgium Royal Crown

Artist

Fred Larucci

Medium

Drawing - Graphite Pencils - 96lb. Canson Thick Sheet Stock Board Paper

Description

(2015) 1930 "Angelic Royal Crown" Belgian Nouveau Independence Medal, Bronze Medal by Rau - Illustration No.99 Hand Drawn in Graphite on 96lb. Bristol Thick Board Sheet Stock - Pencils used: 6h, 5h, 4h, h, hb, b, 5b, 6b - Drawing time: 83 Hours to complete. This is the 19th Coin/Medal in my "Coin Series" and the 1st Medal / Coin from Belgium.

Marcel Rau was Born in Brussels in 1886 and was a former student of sculpture and architecture in the same city, Marcel Rau already had a considerable track record when he was commissioned to decorate the Banks new head offices. By the late 1920s he had created the exterior architectural decorations of the Universit libre de Bruxelles buildings. His glittering career had taken off in 1909 when he was awarded the Rome Prize for Culture, a travel grant that enabled him to make art and architecture travels through Europe. Rau was not just a sculptor; he also designed numerous coins and medals, and has ten types of coin to his name. His best known was the Belgian copper 50 centimes coin dated 1952, which featured a miners head. What is more, Marcel Rau was the only person to ever put King Leopold III on Belgian money, as the so-called Royal Question stopped that monarchs image from ever appearing on any notes. While there were plans to picture the king on notes, the political fracas around his person prevented them from being put into circulation, but his image is found on a series of coins from the 1930s, a design by Rau.

The monetary theme, then, found several expressions in Marcel Raus versatile career: in his coin designs as well as his artwork decorating the head offices of the issuer of Belgiums notes and coins, the National Bank of Belgium.

2015 The Night Gallery

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July 3rd, 2015