Harry Edward Stinson
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Harry Edward Stinson was a noted 20th century Sculptor. He was born in Wayland, Henry County, Iowa January 3, 1898 and died July 27, 1975, in San Diego, California. He grew up in Winfield, Henry County, Iowa. In 1918 he enlisted in the US Army and was discharged in 1919. In 1920 he attended the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and received his BofA in 1921. He studied art at the Cummings School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa, and then at the National Academy of Design, and Art Students League in New York City between 1926-28. In 1923 he was a resident painter member of the Louis C. Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, L.I., NY. He traveled through out Europe to study art in 1930 and then returned to the University of Iowa where he was he was the first in the nation to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1940. While he was working toward this degree he participated in several WPA projects which included a statue honoring Chief BlackHawk in 1934 at Crescent Park, BlackHawk Lake, Lakeside, Iowa; a memorial to Lewis and Clark,in 1936, in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and sculptured walls in the Iowa Union Building of the University of Iowa in 1940, honoring the sons and daughters of Iowa who served their country in military service. A model of the statue of Chief Blackhawk was exhibited in a place of honor in the Iowa Building at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. While in Iowa he worked with artists Grant Wood and Jean Charlot. In 1941 he moved to New York City with his family of wife, Ruth Eby Stinson, and two daughters, Carolyn and Norma. He joined the faculty the Art Department at Hunter College of the City of New York. He joined the Clay Club in Greenwich Village to have a place to create his own works and the Clay Club later became the Sculpture Center on 69th Street in NYC. His sculptures evolved from wood and clay to stone to welded steel. He has exhibited in such venues at the National Academy of Design and American Water Colors Society in NYC, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Submitted by Carolyn Stinson Nichols, daughter, February 23, 2007
To view slideshows of his work, go to: www.winfieldhistoricalsociety.com/stinsonlink.htm
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