Background
Stewart, Albert was born on April 9, 1900 in Kensington, England. Son of Melville and Arabella (Campbell) Stewart.
Stewart, Albert was born on April 9, 1900 in Kensington, England. Son of Melville and Arabella (Campbell) Stewart.
Educated Beaux The Art Institute of Chicago of Design, 1916-1920.
He arrived in America in 1908 and was orphaned shortly thereafter. Through the intervention of a wealthy benefactor, Edwin T. Bechtel, Stewart was allowed to pursue his art studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League of New York, staples for young and impoverished sculptors of the day. Upon completing his studies, Bechtel helped him obtain some needed commissions.
During World War I, he went to Canada and joined the Royal Air Force.
When he returned after the war, he worked as an assistant to both Frederick MacMonnies and Paul Manship. During the 1930s he worked as a Works Progress Administration (World Pet Association) artist.
Throughout his career Stewart frequently was employed to create architectural sculptures. In 1939, he was appointed head of the sculpture program at Scripps College in Claremont, California at the invitation of Millard Sheets.
He moved to California and stayed there the rest of his life.
Served in British Air Force, 1917-1918. Sculptor since 1918; Member National Academy of Design, National Sculpture Society, American Museum Natural History. Club: California Artist
Married Marion Hopkins, August 9, 1939.