Frédéric-Charles-Victor de Vernon

Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon, was a sculptor and engraver of French medals.

Biography

He was educated at the École des beaux-arts where his teachers were Jules Cavelier, Jules-Clément Chaplain, and Émile Tasset.
In 1881, he won second great Prix de Rome and in 1887 the first grand prix of Rome, after which he spent three years at the villa Médicis.
File:Med 1900.jpg|thumb|150px|A silvered bronze medal from the 1900 Summer Olympics
In 1900, he designed the official medals for the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. These medals are unique in being the only Olympic medals to be rectangular rather than the traditional circular design.
Member of the Société des artistes français since 1896, he was elected member of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1909.