Alexandre Louis Marie Charpentier (1856-1909) was the assistant of the medal engraver Ponscarme. His first exhibition at the Salon took place in 1879, and he was recognised as an artist on his own right when Alexandre Dumas bought one of his statues.
Charpentier was one of the founders of "Les Cinq", a group which played an important part in development of Art Nouveau. He was awarded a Grand Prix at the Universal Exhibition in 1900, and soon thereafter the Legion of Honor. Apart from medals, Charpentier designed sculptures, furniture and pottery. Go see his work at the National Gallery of Art.
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