SOM#088, Edward R. Grove, Alphabets of the World - English Alphabet, 1973
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From the collection of John Birks
Numbers Issued: 1,625 Bronze, 175 Silver
FROM THE ARTIST
Frderick W. Goudy, dean of American typographic designers, referred to the development of the alphabet as "the most fruitful of all achievements of the human intellect." This design is intended to honor the significance of the achievement, to trace briefly its evolution and to depict the abstract beauty of the forms so familiar to us.
The five raised "arms" of the obverse show key stages in the development of the Roman alphabet, as seen in the center panel. Clockwise from the top are Egyptian hieroglyphs, Babylonian cuneiform and characters from the Moabite Stone (Semitic, 9th Century B.C.), Greek and Oscan, regarded as the final link with our Roman letters. As found in their original forms, the first is rendered incuse, the others intaglio.
The lower triangular areas bear examples, in relief, of other well-know alphabets in contemporary use which have evolved along different paths: Ethiopic, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese.
A montage of our twenty-six characters is shown on the reverse, emphasizing the graceful balance of the Roman forms, arranged in descending size according to their frequency of use.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1912, Edward R. Grove began his art studies in Washington, D.C., at the National and Corcoran Schools of Art, later working under Robert Brackman in Connecticut. He now lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is currently on the teaching staff of Flagler Art Center.
Portraits have been his chief interest for more than forty years and his commissions in this field number well over five hundred, in a variety of media from oil to steel engraving -- and from medals to murals.
His awards include the Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize, NNS 1967; the "Sculptor of the Year" Gold Medal presented at the ANA Convention, 1969; the Bennett Memorial Prize, NSS, 1971.
Mr. Grove is married to the former Jean V. Donner, also a professional sculptor, and both are members of the National Sculpture Society.
In bas-relief and other media, his work is in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia; Department of the Navy, OCNO, Washington, D.C.; Washington Cathedral, Mt. St. Albans, D.C.; the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina; and Coventry Cathedral, England. With his wife, Jean, he designed and painted "The Communion of Saints," a 400 square foot oil-on-tempera mural in the Church of the Holy Comforter, Episcopal, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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![SOM#088, Edward R. Grove, Alphabets of the World - English Alphabet, 1973
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,625 Bronze, 175 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
Frderick W. Goudy, dean of American typographic designers, referred to the development of the alphabet as "the most fruitful of all achievements of the human intellect." This design is intended to honor the significance of the achievement, to trace briefly its evolution and to depict the abstract beauty of the forms so familiar to us.
The five raised "arms" of the obverse show key stages in the development of the Roman alphabet, as seen in the center panel. Clockwise from the top are Egyptian hieroglyphs, Babylonian cuneiform and characters from the Moabite Stone (Semitic, 9th Century B.C.), Greek and Oscan, regarded as the final link with our Roman letters. As found in their original forms, the first is rendered incuse, the others intaglio.
The lower triangular areas bear examples, in relief, of other well-know alphabets in contemporary use which have evolved along different paths: Ethiopic, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese.
A montage of our twenty-six characters is shown on the reverse, emphasizing the graceful balance of the Roman forms, arranged in descending size according to their frequency of use.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1912, Edward R. Grove began his art studies in Washington, D.C., at the National and Corcoran Schools of Art, later working under Robert Brackman in Connecticut. He now lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is currently on the teaching staff of Flagler Art Center.
Portraits have been his chief interest for more than forty years and his commissions in this field number well over five hundred, in a variety of media from oil to steel engraving -- and from medals to murals.
His awards include the Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize, NNS 1967; the "Sculptor of the Year" Gold Medal presented at the ANA Convention, 1969; the Bennett Memorial Prize, NSS, 1971.
Mr. Grove is married to the former Jean V. Donner, also a professional sculptor, and both are members of the National Sculpture Society.
In bas-relief and other media, his work is in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia; Department of the Navy, OCNO, Washington, D.C.; Washington Cathedral, Mt. St. Albans, D.C.; the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina; and Coventry Cathedral, England. With his wife, Jean, he designed and painted "The Communion of Saints," a 400 square foot oil-on-tempera mural in the Church of the Holy Comforter, Episcopal, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,625 Bronze, 175 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
Frderick W. Goudy, dean of American typographic designers, referred to the development of the alphabet as \"the most fruitful of all achievements of the human intellect.\" This design is intended to honor the significance of the achievement, to trace briefly its evolution and to depict the abstract beauty of the forms so familiar to us.
The five raised \"arms\" of the obverse show key stages in the development of the Roman alphabet, as seen in the center panel. Clockwise from the top are Egyptian hieroglyphs, Babylonian cuneiform and characters from the Moabite Stone (Semitic, 9th Century B.C.), Greek and Oscan, regarded as the final link with our Roman letters. As found in their original forms, the first is rendered incuse, the others intaglio.
The lower triangular areas bear examples, in relief, of other well-know alphabets in contemporary use which have evolved along different paths: Ethiopic, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese.
A montage of our twenty-six characters is shown on the reverse, emphasizing the graceful balance of the Roman forms, arranged in descending size according to their frequency of use.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1912, Edward R. Grove began his art studies in Washington, D.C., at the National and Corcoran Schools of Art, later working under Robert Brackman in Connecticut. He now lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is currently on the teaching staff of Flagler Art Center.
Portraits have been his chief interest for more than forty years and his commissions in this field number well over five hundred, in a variety of media from oil to steel engraving -- and from medals to murals.
His awards include the Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize, NNS 1967; the \"Sculptor of the Year\" Gold Medal presented at the ANA Convention, 1969; the Bennett Memorial Prize, NSS, 1971.
Mr. Grove is married to the former Jean V. Donner, also a professional sculptor, and both are members of the National Sculpture Society.
In bas-relief and other media, his work is in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia; Department of the Navy, OCNO, Washington, D.C.; Washington Cathedral, Mt. St. Albans, D.C.; the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina; and Coventry Cathedral, England. With his wife, Jean, he designed and painted \"The Communion of Saints,\" a 400 square foot oil-on-tempera mural in the Church of the Holy Comforter, Episcopal, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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