Raphael Maklouf

In a remarkably varied career spanning over six decades, Raphael Maklouf has been both artist and businessman, sculptor and minter. His many portrait busts include that of Queen Elizabeth II, whose effigy he designed for the British coinage. His numerous commissions for commemorative medallions led to the founding of his private mint. Tower Mint, established forty years ago, is expanding and thriving. This copiously illustrated biography traces Raphael Maklouf's ancestry and early years in Palestine, the development of his artistic career at Camberwell College of Art under the tutelage of the eminent Czech sculptor Dr Karel Vogel, and the extraordinary chain of coincidences that led to the founding of Tower Mint. This engaging account by Jenny Pery gives a vivid insight into Raphael Maklouf 's unusual family background and the influences that have formed his beliefs and his artistic and business practices.