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 École des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. In 1886 he immigrated to the United States, settling first in San Francisco and then New York City.[1]
Work
- Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, German Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, 1893
- The Court of Neptune Fountain, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Numerous details in the Library of Congress, notably in the Reading Room.
- Battle of Lake George Monument, Lake George Battlefield Park, Lake George, New York 1903
- William McKinley Monument, Toledo, Ohio, 1903
- Stevens T. Mason statue, Detroit, 1908 [3]
- Cecil Calvert Monument, Baltimore, 1908
References
- ↑ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, New York, 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