Leopold Scholz (1877–1946) Austrian born American sculptor best known for his works in the

National Statuary Hall Collection The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hal ...

housed in the US Capitol in Washington D.C. In 1921 Scholz married sculptor

Belle Kinney Scholz Belle Marshall Kinney Scholz (1890–1959) was an American sculptor, born in Tennessee who worked and died in New York state. Early life Belle Kinney was one of four children born to Captain D.C. Kenny and Elizabeth Morrison Kenny. She was bor ...

and much of his best known work was executed with her. IN 1938 Scholz created a statue for the United States post office in

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

. The statue, a bust from the waist up, portrays a postman dressing in the 1930s uniform, with a ''look of determination on his face that reminds us that the mail will be delivered no matter what the obstacles might be.''

Work

* ''Andrew Jackson'' statue,

, U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C., with Belle Kinney 1927 * ''John Sevier'' statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, with Belle Kinney, 1931 * Bronx ''

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'' statue, Bronx Victory Column & Memorial Grove World War I Memorial in Pelham Bay Park,

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, with Belle Kinney, 1933 * ''Victory'' statue, War Memorial Auditorium, Legislative Plaza, Nashville, with Belle Kinney, 1929 * Pediment sculptures of the

Nashville Parthenon The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centen ...

, with Belle Kinney, 1920-30 * ''Postman'', Chattanooga Post Office,

, 1938 * ''A Pioneer Woman's Bravery'', a cast stone

bas relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...

, WPA project for the USPO, Angola, New York, 1940 Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Angola Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-07

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scholz, Leopold 1877 births 1946 deaths 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors Section of Painting and Sculpture artists Austrian emigrants to the United States