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mardi 7 juillet 2009
Par Nicolas Salagnac, mardi 7 juillet 2009 à 23:42 :: ENGLISH VERSION
The set piece was to hand-engrave* a picture of a young girl's face, copied from a drawing by Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), on a steel punch or die from which a medal could be struck.
Par Nicolas Salagnac, mardi 7 juillet 2009 à 23:34 :: ENGLISH VERSION
My job – engraver – is one of the oldest in the world. Yet it is currently going through a difficult period. Quality is the only thing that will restore this fine craft to its former glory.
Fig. 1: Portrait of Nicolas Salagnac Photo © Jean-Luc Mège
Par Nicolas Salagnac, mardi 7 juillet 2009 à 23:29 :: ENGLISH VERSION
Raised in the love of traditional techniques, Nicolas Salagnac developed an insatiable appetite for work. With flair and a decidedly modern approach, he devotes his enormous talent to serving an art - and a philosophy of art - that are under constant threat from the uncompromising diktat of market economics.
And this is how our fellow-citizen of Lyons etched a name for himself among the great...
Par Nicolas Salagnac, mardi 7 juillet 2009 à 22:42 :: ENGLISH VERSION
In September 2008, the director of the Villa Medici, Frédéric Mitterrand, commissioned me to design and produce its new medal.
On 5 December 2008, Frédéric Mitterrand's first official duty as director of the Academy of France in Rome was to present the first Villa Medici medal of honour to Rita Levi-Montalcini, holder of the Nobel prize for medicine and president of the Fondazione EBRI.
The ceremony was attended by the president of the Italian Republic, Mr Giorgio Napolitano, the French ambassador to Italy, His Excellence Jean-Marc de La Sablière, and numerous prominent figures. The award is intended as a token of deep esteem and gratitude for the work of the Italian scientist, who is now a life-time senator in her country.
