Albert Wein
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Albert Walker Wein, American sculptor born in New York City on July 27, 1915. He died in 1991. His mother, Elsa Meher Wein was a portrait painter and it was through her that Wein was first introduced to art. He began his art studies at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts, where his mother taught. He later moved to New York where he continued his studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. In 1947 he won a scholarship to the American Academy in Rome, where he was to stay for two years. During that period he traveled through Europe, exposing himself to Greek and Roman sculptural precedents.
Wein was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the 3rd Sculpture International held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the summer of 1949.
He returned to the United States and in 1950 joined the National Sculpture Society. As many of the other sculptors of his era Wein was adept at creating monumental, architectural, garden, memorial sculpture. He was also accomplished at bas-relief and produced work for the Steuben Glass Company as well as being a member of the Society of Medallists.
In 1955 Wein moved to California where, besides creating sculpture for numerous synagogues, he drew upon his experience in New York theatre and designed sets for television studios. He was also artist-in-residence at both Brandeis University and the University of Wyoming.
Wein’s statue, "Phryne Before the Judges" is located in Brookgreen Gardens.
[edit] References
- Proske, Beatrice Gilman, ‘’Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture’’, Brookgreen Gardens, S.C., 1968
- Opitz, Glen B., ‘’Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers’’, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
