Paul Vincze

Paul Vincze (15 August 1907 in Galgagyörk, Hungary – 5 March 1994 in Grasse, France) was a Jewish-Hungarian designer of coins and medal, and sculptor.[1] Vincze's artistic works featured with the classical artistic style as shown on the coins he designed. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Education and Career

He studied art at the Hungarian University of Arts and Design in Budapest, followed by private study under medalist Ede Talcs and in Rome from 1935 to 19377, supported by a traveling scholarship. He returned to Hungary after his studies, however he moved to England in 1938 due to Nazi persecution. He set up a studio in London, became a British citizen in 1948, and became an Art Workers’ Guild member and a fellow of RBS in 1961, until he retired in 1961.[3]

Medals

Vincze designed medals for both the government of Israel and Isnumat, a private Israeli mint.

Medals he did for the Israeli government include the 1966 Commemorative for Edmond and James de Rothschild and the 1967 Jubilee of the Balfour Declaration. For Isnumat, he did medals of the John F. Kennedy Memorial and the Visit of Pope Paul visit to the Holy Land.[4]

His other includes the:

  1. 300th Anniversary of the Jewish Resettlement in Great Britain (1956)[4]
  2. medals of distinguished Jews such as Ben-Gurion, Lord Samuel, and Yehudi Menuhin, and[4]

Coinage

He designed a set of monetary coins of Malawi just before his death. Earlier he designed some of currency for the countries of Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, Malawi, and Guinea.

Awards

He was recognized by several organizations and received the following awards:

  1. a Premio Especial at the International Exhibition, Madrid, 1951,[3]
  2. a silver medal at the Paris Salon, 1964, and[3]
  3. the first gold medal of the American Numismatic Association, 1966.[3]

References
  1. "Obituary: Paul Vincze". The Independent (published 31 March 1994). 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25.
  2. "Paul Vincze". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. "Paul Vincze". ArtUK. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. [I guess This Is My Next Area of Collecting.....Heraldic Art Medals "Vincze, Paul"]. ArtUK. Retrieved 12 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)


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