André Henri Lavrillier (7 May 1885 – 28 January 1958) was a French medalist. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1914.[1] André Lavrillier studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the workshops of Jules Chaplain (1839-1909), Frédéric de Vernon (1858-1912) and Auguste Patey (1855-1930).[2][3] André Lavrillier won a Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1911, and a Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1914. He married the Romanian sculptor Margaret Cossaceanu (1893-1980). They are the parents of photographer Carol-Marc Lavrillier (born in 1933).
André Lavrillier is the designer of numerous French medals and coins including a pattern 1933 penny of which only four are known. The most recent sale of a Lavrillier pattern 1933 penny realised £72,000 at Baldwin's Auction House in London in 2016. He is the older brother of Gaston Lavrillier.
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edit- ^ "Les Concours du Prix de Rome". Gallica. 18 July 1914. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "L'Ouest-Éclair". gallica.bnf.fr. 18 July 1914. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Grand Prix Rome Gravure Medaille Pierres Fines Le fil d'Actu - Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts .::. Site officiel". www.grandemasse.org. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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