Sculptor Oscar Nemon’s Medal Works During his Brussels Period

Abstract

The work deals with the medal works of sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906–1985) during the artist’s residence in Brussels from 1925 to 1936. Typology, technic, style and morphology of the medals are taken into consideration. The contribution of Oscar Nemon to Belgian modern medal making in the period between the two world wars is analyzed and evaluated. Author concludes that Nemon enriched the Belgian art scene with innovative and bold modernist Art Déco-style solutions based on geometric stylization of the form.

Keywords

• Oscar Nemon
• medal making
• medal
• plaquette
• portrait
• modernism