Background
Schuler, Hans was born on May 25, 1874 in Morange, Lorraine. Germany. Son of Otto and Amalia (Arndt) Schuler.
Schuler, Hans was born on May 25, 1874 in Morange, Lorraine. Germany. Son of Otto and Amalia (Arndt) Schuler.
Brought to the United States, 1880. Graduate Maryland. Institute School Art and Design (first medal), 1894. Graduate Rinehart School Sculpture, (winning $4,000 scholarship), 1898.
Graduate Julian Academy, Paris, (all honors), 1900.
Awarded three medals Julian Academy, also Salon Gold medal, third class, 1900. Silver medal Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Medal Maryland. Institute.
Civic award Fine Arts and Literature, 1937.
Principal works: “Ariadne”, Walter’s Gallery, Baltimore. “Memory,” “Life Is But the Turning of a Leaf,” and many other tomb figures.
Portrait statues of Samuel Smith, Pinkney White, et cetera Portrait busts of Major Walter Reed, Doctor Osier.
Buchanan memorial, Washington.
Bust and medallion of Henry Walters, 1931. “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” Walters Gallery, Baltimore. Statue “Freedom of Conscience,” Saint Mary's City, Maryland.
Maryland.
Tercentenary medal and half dollar. Monument to Johns Hopkins. Heroic statue of Martin Luther, Baltimore.
Bust J. M. T. Finney, Doctor of Medicine Monument to Sidney Lanier, Baltimore, 1941.
Bust Sidney Lanier, Hall of Fame, New York University, 1946.
Heroic size statue to Ignatius Loyola, Blakefield, Maryland. Heroic relief to Pulaski. Director Maryland. Institute, 1925-1951, awarded Gold Medal of Honor, 1950.
Former member National Sculpture Society.
Mason.; Club: Charcoal (Baltimore).
Married Paula M. Schneider, January 15, 1905 (deceased September, 1957). Children: Charlotte Agnes, Hans Carl.