Theodore Spicer-Simson

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Theodore Spicer-Simson
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from a portrait by Henry Caro Delvaille
Born25 June 1871  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Le Havre   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Died1 February 1959  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (aged 87)
Miami   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Occupation Sculptor, medalist   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Spouse(s) Margaret Spicer-Simson   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Theodore Spicer-Simson (25 June 1871 - 1 February 1959) was a French sculptor and medallist, who married and lived with Margaret Spicer-Simson in Paris. [1] [2] [3] Some of his medallions included engravings of people such as Leo and Ella Mielziner, Henri Monod, and James Stephens. [2]

Biography

Theodore Spicer-Simson was born on June 25, 1871, to parents Frederick John Simson and Dora Mary Spicer. He was educated at various boarding schools abroad across Europe. After he graduated, he enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. While in Paris, he met Margaret Schmidt whom he traveled to Washington D.C., with and married on July 1, 1896. [3] In 1899, the couple returned to Paris due to the United States' joining the Spanish-American War. They eventually settled in Bourron, near Fontainebleau, in a house named 'Volets Verts'. In December 1940, he was interned at the Vauban barracks camp in Besancon, France. Spicer-Simson died on February 1, 1959, after a long illness. [3]

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  2. 1 2 "Theodore Spicer-Simson - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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