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.

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.
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

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[1] Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1988

[2] Small, Herbert, The Library of Congress: The Architecture and Decoration, Classical America, WW Norton & Company, New York, 1982 p. 36

[3] Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980 p. 27

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