The J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award is an annual award made to artists "for lifetime achievement in medallic art". It is administered by the

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. The award was first awarded in 1913 on the initiative of J. Sanford Saltus to reward sculptors "for distinguished achievement in the field of the art of the medal". The medal was designed in silver by

Adolph A. Weinman Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was a Germany-born American sculptor and architectural sculptor. Early life and education Adolph Alexander Weinman was born December 11, 1870 at Durmersheim, near Karlsruhe, Germa ...

, himself the second winner of the award. While this medal was at first only given to Americans, since 1983 foreign artists are also eligible to receive this award.

Recipients

*1919 – James Earle Fraser *1920 –

*1921 –

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*1922 –

Victor D. Brenner Victor David Brenner (born Avigdor David Brenner; June 12, 1871 – April 5, 1924) was an American sculptor, engraver, and medalist known primarily as the designer of the United States Lincoln cent#Wheat cent (1909–1958), Lincoln Cent. Biogr ...

*1923 –

Hermon Atkins MacNeil Hermon Atkins MacNeil (February 27, 1866 – October 2, 1947) was an American sculptor born in Everett, Massachusetts. He is known for designing the ''Standing Liberty'' quarter, struck by the Mint from 1916-1930; and for sculpting ''Justi ...

*1925 –

Paul Manship Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 – January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public com ...

*1926 – Laura Gardin Fraser *1927 – Anthony de Francisci *1931 –

Edward W. Sawyer Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

*1937 –

Lee Lawrie Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through ...

*1946 –

Chester Beach Chester A. Beach (May 23, 1881 – August 6, 1956) was an American sculptor who was known for his busts and medallic art. Early life Beach was born in San Francisco, California. He studied initially at the California School of Mechanical Arts ...

*1948 –

Henry Kreis Henry Kreis (1899–1963) was an American sculptor. Life He studied at the State School of Applied Arts in Munich. In 1947, he created the Wise virgins and Foolish virgins medal for the Society of Medalists. In 1935 Kreis designed the Connectic ...

*1949 –

Carl Paul Jennewein Carl Paul Jennewein (December 2, 1890 – February 22, 1978) was a German-born American sculptor. Early career Jennewein was born in Stuttgart in Germany. At the age of seventeen, he immigrated to the United States in 1907. He was apprent ...

*1950 –

Gertrude K. Lathrop Gertrude Katherine Lathrop (1896–1986) was an American sculptor known for her medallion work and sculptures of small animals. Biography Early life and education Lathrop was born in Albany, New York to artist Ida Pulis Lathrop and Cyrus ...

*1951 –

Albert Laessle Albert Laessle (March 28, 1877 – September 4, 1954) was an American sculptor and educator. He taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for more than twenty years and is best remembered as an animalier. He won the 1918 Widener Gol ...

*1952 – Bruce Moore *1953 – Walker Hancock *1954 –

Sidney Waugh Sidney Waugh (January 17, 1904 – June 30, 1963) was an American sculptor known for his monuments, medals, etched and moulded glass, and architectural sculpture. Waugh was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. His father, Frank Waugh, was a land ...

*1955 – Theodore Spicer-Simson *1956 – Thomas G. Lo Medico *1959 – Abram Belskie *1960 –

Bruno Mankowski Bruno Mankowski, (October 30, 1902 - July 31, 1990) was a German-born American sculptor, carver, ceramicist and medalist. Executing the designs of other sculptors, he carved architectural ornament for the United States Capitol, the United St ...

*1964 –

Robert Weinman Robert Alexander Weinman (March 19, 1915 – September 7, 2003) was an American sculptor and "one of the nation's most accomplished medallic artists." Weinman had impeccable credentials as a sculptor, His father, Adolph Weinman, was a well-r ...

*1966 –

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*1967 –

Donald De Lue Donald Harcourt De Lue (October 5, 1897, Boston, Massachusetts – August 26, 1988, Leonardo, New Jersey) was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments. Life and career De Lue studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and l ...

*1968 –

Michael Lantz Michael Lantz (born April 6, 1908 – April 1988) was an American sculptor and medalist. Lantz attended the National Academy of Design and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and also worked as a "handy boy" in the sculptor Lee Lawrie's New ...

*1969 –

Stanley F. Martineau Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

*1970 – Joseph Kiselewski *1975 –

Granville Carter Granville Wellington Carter NA, Fellow National Sculpture Society (November 18, 1920 – November 21, 1992) was an American sculptor. He started his sculpture career by taking up wood carving as a teenager. Many of his wood carved creations w ...

*1979 –

Karen Worth Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Kareni ...

*1980 – Agop Agopoff *1983 – Guido Veroi *1984 – Marcel Jovine *1985 –

Edward R. Grove Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

*1986 – Kauko Räsänen *1987 – John Cook *1988 – Jiří Harcuba *1990 –

Keiichi Uryu Keiichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese music director *, Japanese molecular biologist *, Japanese butterfly swimmer *, Ja ...

*1991 –

Eugene L. Daub Eugene Daub (born November 13, 1942) is an American contemporary figure sculptor, best known for his portraits and figurative monument sculpture created in the classic heroic style. His sculptures reside in three of the nation's state capitals an ...

*1992 –

Mico Kaufman Mico Kaufman (1924 - 2016) was a sculptor. Born in Buzău, Romania in 1924, Kaufman was best known for making inaugural medals for United States Presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. He survived a Nazi labor camp during Wor ...

*1993 – Ewa Olszewska-Borys *1994 –

Marianne Letterie Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in ...

*1995 – Alex Shagin *1996 – Nicola Moss *1997 – Leonda Finke *1998 – Helder Batista *1999 – Jeanne Stevens-Sollman *2000 – Bernd Göbel *2001 – Gustaaf T.M. Hellegers *2002 –

Toivo Jaatinen Toivo Jaatinen (August 1, 1926 in Sortavala – November 14, 2017 in Nurmijärvi) was a Finnish sculptor, recipient of the prestigious Saltus Award in 2002. Jaatinen studied visual arts at Helsinki Central School of Art and Design and the Academ ...

*2003 –

Dora de Pédery-Hunt Dora de Pédery-Hunt, LL.D. (16 November 1913 – 29 September 2008) was a Hungarian-Canadian sculptor who designed medals and coins. She was the first Canadian citizen to design an effigy for Queen Elizabeth II. Life Dora de Pédery ...

*2005 –

Theo van de Vathorst Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

*2009 – Ron Dutton *2011 – João Duarte *2014 –

Pawel Leski Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). ...

*2017 - Bogomil Nikolov (Bulgaria) *2018 -

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(Holland) *2019 –

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*2020 – Anna Franziska Schwarzbach (Germany)

References

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