The Saltus Medal Award

The Saltus Medal Award was initiated in 1913 by J. Sanford Saltus to reward sculptors “for distinguished achievement in the field of the art of the medal.” The silver medal was designed by A. A. Weinman, one of the finest American sculptors of the Beaux-Arts tradition and the second winner of the award.
Until 1983, the award was given intermittently to a total of thirty-one American medallic artists. In 1983, eligibility was expanded and since then the medal has been given to both American and foreign artists for lifetime achievement in medallic art.

Recipients of the Saltus Medal Award

apocalypse, 2008, ANS 2012.33.47

Mamoo, 2007, ANS 2015.2.4

100 Anniversary of the Folks School, 1966, ANS 2020.12.1

Society of Medalists, 1933, ANS 0000.999.44560

Bronze Medal of Carnegie Corporation, 1934, ANS 1935.2.1
2020 | Anna Franziska Schwarzbach | Germany |
2019 | Mashiko | USA |
2018 | Geer Steyn | Holland |
2017 | Bogomil Nikolov | Bulgaria |
2014 | Pawel Leski | Poland |
2011 | João Duarte | Portugal |
2009 | Ron Dutton | Great Britain |
2005 | Theo van de Vathorst | Netherlands |
2003 | Dora de Pédery-Hunt | Canada |
2002 | Toivo Jaatinen | Finland |
2001 | Gustaaf T.M. Hellegers | Netherlands |
2000 | Bernd Göbel | Germany |
1999 | Jeanne Stevens-Sollman | USA |
1998 | Helder Batista | Portugal |
1997 | Leonda Finke | USA |
1996 | Nicola Moss | England |
1995 | Alex Shagin | USSR-USA |
1994 | Marianne Letterie | Netherlands |
1993 | Ewa Olszewska-Borys | Poland |
1992 | Mico Kaufman | USA |
1991 | Eugene Daub | USA |
1990 | Keiichi Uryu | Japan |
1988 | Jiri Harcuba | Czech Rep. |
1987 | John Cook | USA |
1986 | Kauko Räsänen | Finland |
1985 | Edward R. Grove | USA |
1984 | Marcel Jovine | USA |
1983 | Guido Veroi | Italy |
1980 | Agop Agopoff | USA |
1979 | Karen Worth | USA |
1975 | Granville W. Carter | USA |
1970 | Joseph Kiselewski | USA |
1969 | Stanley F. Martineau | USA |
1968 | Michael Lantz | USA |
1967 | Donald DeLue | USA |
1966 | Albino Manca | USA-Italy |
1964 | Robert A. Weinman | USA |
1960 | Bruno Mankowski | USA |
1959 | Abram Belskie | USA |
1956 | Thomas G. Lo Medico | USA |
1955 | Theodore Spicer-Simson | USA-England |
1954 | Sidney Waugh | USA |
1953 | Walker Hancock | USA |
1952 | Bruce Moore | USA |
1951 | Albert Laessle | USA |
1950 | Gertrude K. Lathrop | USA |
1949 | C. P. Jennewein | USA |
1948 | Henry Kreis | USA |
1946 | Chester Beach | USA |
1937 | Lee Lawrie | USA |
1931 | Edward W. Sawyer | USA |
1927 | Anthony de Francisci | USA |
1926 | Laura G. Fraser | USA |
1925 | Paul Manship | USA |
1923 | Hermon A. MacNeil | USA |
1922 | Victor D. Brenner | USA |
1921 | John Flanagan | USA |
1920 | A.A. Weinman | USA |
1919 | James E. Fraser | USA |