French Engravers

The major engravers of stamps issued by France and French territories are listed in chronological order with a few notes on their work.

Born in the 1870s and 1880s

• Charles-Paul Dufresne (1876-1938)
• Achille Ouvré (1876-1951)
• Henri Cheffer (1880-1951) Prix de Rome 1906
• Raoul Serres (1881-1971) Prix de Rome 1906
• Charles Mazelin (1882-1968)
• Jules Piel (1882-1978) Prix de Rome 1910
• Pierre Munier (1889-1962)

Born around the turn of the century

• Pierre Gandon (1899-1990) well known for his portraits and the Marianne de Gandon. Prix de Rome 1921
• Robert Cami (1900-1975) Prix de Rome 1928
• Albert Decaris (1901-1988) active for more than 50 years, from the 1930s to the 1980s. Perhaps the engraver with the most recognizable syle, which involves the use of flowing curved lines.
• René Cottet (1902-1992)
• Jean Charles Derrey (1907-1975)
• Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991) produced the exquisite 14-stamp series for New Caledonia depicting shell.

World War I Generation

• Claude Hertenberger (1912-2002)
• Eugène Lacaque (1914-2005) art stamps.
• André Freres (1915-1973)
• Jean Delpech (1916-1988) maritme subjects. Prix de Rome 1948

Born around the 1920s

• Joseph Rajewicz (1919-2010)
• Jacques Combet (1920-1993)
• Georges Bétemps (1921-1992) many sports stamps.
• Claude Durrens (1921-2002) his wife, Janine, wrote a book, Claude Durrens ou l'art de la gravure, about his work. Prix de Rome 1952
• Czeslaw Slania (1921-2005) one of the most prolific and well-known engravers; engraved stamps for Sweden, Poland, France, Monaco, and other countries.
• Pierre Forget (1923-2005) unique style that depicts his subjects with flowing lines
• Claude Haley (1923-1988) skillful use of lines in the background of his stamps
• René Quilivic (1925-2016) A very distinctive sytle featuring curved lines
• Gilbert Aufschneider (1927- )

Born in the 1930s

• Jacques Gauthier (1931- ) intricate designs, often with multiple subjects
• Pierre Béquet (1932-2012). engraved many FSAT stamps from 1955 to 1999. Prix de Rome 1960
• Michel Monvoisin (1932-1982)
• Cécille Guillame (1933-2004)
• Marie-Noëlle Goffin (1935- )
• Yves Beaujard (1939- ) particularly noted for his portraits; engraved banknotes

World War II Generation

• Jacques Jubert (1940- ) engraved many St. Pierre and Miquelon stamps from 1997 to 2005
• Charles Bridoux (1942-2003)
• Claude Andréotto (1944-2017) known for delicate, sketch-like stamps of birds and marine mammals of FSAT
• Claude Jumelet (1946- )
• Jacky Larrivière (1946- )
• André Lavergne (1946- )

Post-World War II Generation

• Pierre Albuisson (1952- )
• Ève Luquet (1954- )
• Martin Mörck (1955- ) prolific Norwegian engraver of more than 1,000 stamps, including stamps of Sweden and FSAT; interviewed about his work in book By Mörck

Generation born in the 1970s through 1990s

• Line Filhon (1970- )
• Louis Boursier (1974- )
• Elsa Catelin (1975- )
• Sarah Bougault (1982- )
• Pierre Bara (1990- )