Background
WEINMAN, Adolph Alexander was born on December 11, 1870 in Karlsruhe-Baden, Germany. Son of Gustaf and Katherine Hyacinth (Weingartner) Weinman.
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Adolph Alexander WEINMAN
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Adolph Alexander Weinman, German sculptor. Member International Jury of Awards, Panama, Pacific-International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Awarded silver medal, Brussels International Exposition, 1910; member National Institute Arts and Letters, American Academy Arts and Letters, National Sculpture Society (president 1927-1930; Member National Commission Fine Arts (1928-1932); member of New York City Art Commission, 1924-1928.
Education
Educated Volkschule, Germany, public schools, New York, Cooper Institute, Art Students League. Pupil in sculpture of Martiny and Augustus Saint Gaudens.
Career
Y. First Vice-President. Architectural League of New York, 1913-1914. Chairman School Committee, National.
Academy, of Designs, 1915-1917. President National. Sculpture Society, 1928-1930. Member New York City Art Commission, 1924-1927.
Member National. Commission of Fine Arts, 1929-1930. Designed current half dollar and dime. Also victory button for Army and Navy.
Designed Lincoln statue at Hodgeville, Kentucky., Cassatt and Rea statues, Pennsylvania Terminal, New York City, statue of General Alex. Macomb, Detroit, statue of Lieutenant Colonel Vilas, Vicksburg National. Military Park, Mississippi, Pair of Sphinxes, Scottish Rite Temple, Washington, District of Columbia, sculptures, facade and tower, Municipal Building, N.Y.C.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Jury of Awards, Panama, Pacific-International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Awarded silver medal, Brussels International Exposition, 1910. Member National Institute Arts and Letters, American Academy Arts and Letters, National Sculpture Society (president 1927-1930.
Member National Commission Fine Arts (1928-1932).
Member of New York City Art Commission, 1924-1928. Clubs: Century, National Arts.
Studio: 234 Greenway South., Forest Hills, New New York
Connections
Married Margaret Lucille Landman, November 23, 1898. Children: Howard Kenneth, Katherine Jane, Robert Alexander.
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Awards
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Awarded silver medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Won competition for monument to General Alexander Macomb, Detroit, 1906. Maryland. Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Baltimore, 1907.tempSpaceLincoln Memorial, Hodgenville, Kentucky. Lincoln Memorial, Madison, Wisconsin. Lincoln statue, rotunda of State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1911.tempSpaceStatue of Colonel William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, now in Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Other works: pediment, Senate wing, Wisconsin State Capitol. Maybury Memorial, Detroit, Michigan, 1912.tempSpaceSculptures façade of Municipal Building, New York, 1912-1913. Fountains of the “Rising” and the “Setting Sun” for Court of the Universe, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, 1915. Pair of monumental sphinxes flanking entrance to Scottish Rite Temple, Washington, 1915.tempSpaceDesigned the new dime and new half dollar, 1916. Victory button for United States Army, 1919, Dominican campaign medal, United States Navy, 1923. Designed pediment sculpture for Missouri State Capitol Building, and monumental fountain for Capitol grounds.tempSpaceDesigned Monument to Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Brooklyn, New New York Monumental frieze, Elks National Memorial, Headquarters Building, Chicago, 1928. Statue of Governor William Creative Commons Claiborne, Louisiana State Capitol, 1931.tempSpaceDesigned pair of monumental groups, Bronx County Building, 1932. All sculpture for façade, Post Office Department Building, Washington, 1933. Monumental frieze for Supreme Court Room, Supreme Court Building, Washington, 1933.tempSpacePediment sculpture for Archives Building, Washington, 1933. Bronze door, American Academy Arts and Letters Building, 1937, “Riders of the Dawn” group for Brookgreen Gardens, Brookgreen, South Carolina., 1944, statue of Alexander Hamilton and De Witt Clinton for Museum of City of New York, 1940. Pediment group for Thomas Jefferson National Memorial, Washington, 1941.Awarded silver medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Won competition for monument to General Alexander Macomb, Detroit, 1906. Maryland. Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Baltimore, 1907.tempSpaceLincoln Memorial, Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Lincoln Memorial, Madison, Wisconsin. Lincoln statue, rotunda of State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1911.tempSpaceStatue of Colonel William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, now in Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Other works: pediment, Senate wing, Wisconsin State Capitol.
Maybury Memorial, Detroit, Michigan, 1912.tempSpaceSculptures façade of Municipal Building, New York, 1912-1913. Fountains of the “Rising” and the “Setting Sun” for Court of the Universe, Panama Philippine Islands Exposition, 1915. Pair of monumental sphinxes flanking entrance to Scottish Rite Temple, Washington, 1915.tempSpaceDesigned the new dime and new half dollar, 1916.
Victory button for United States Army, 1919, Dominican campaign medal, United States Navy, 1923. Designed pediment sculpture for Missouri State Capitol Building, and monumental fountain for Capitol grounds.tempSpaceDesigned Monument to Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Brooklyn, New New York Monumental frieze, Elks National Memorial, Headquarters Building, Chicago, 1928.
Statue of Governor William Creative Commons Claiborne, Louisiana State Capitol, 1931.tempSpaceDesigned pair of monumental groups, Bronx County Building, 1932. All sculpture for façade, Post Office Department Building, Washington, 1933. Monumental frieze for Supreme Court Room, Supreme Court Building, Washington, 1933.tempSpacePediment sculpture for Archives Building, Washington, 1933.
Bronze door, American Academy Arts and Letters Building, 1937, “Riders of the Dawn” group for Brookgreen Gardens, Brookgreen, South Carolina., 1944, statue of Alexander Hamilton and De Witt Clinton for Museum of City of New York, 1940. Pediment group for Thomas Jefferson National Memorial, Washington, 1941.