Albert Weinert
Albert Weinert American sculptor (June 13, 1863 - November 29, 1947)
Born in Leipzig, Germany, Weinert attended the Royal Academy there and then the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. In 1886 he immigrated to the United States, settling first in San Francisco and then New York. [1]
Work
- He produced the granite dolphins carved on the spandrels behind the bronze groups by Perry 1898 [2]
- Numerous details in the Library of Congress, notably in the Reading Room.
References
- ^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
- ^ Small, Herbert, ‘’The Library of Congress: The Architecture and Decoration’’, Classical America, WW Norton & Company, New York, 1982 p. 36
- ^ Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, ‘’Art in Detroit Public Places’’, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980 p. 27
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June 13, 1863 |
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