Robert Alexander Weinman (March 19, 1915 – September 7, 2003) was an American sculptor and "one of the nation's most accomplished medallic artists." Weinman had impeccable credentials as a sculptor, His father,

Adolph Weinman Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was a German-born American sculptor and architectural sculptor. Early life and education Adolph Alexander Weinman was born in Durmersheim, near Karlsruhe, Germany. He immigrate ...

, was a well-respected sculptor with whom he apprenticed. He studied at the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, an ...

studying with

Carl Paul Jennewein Carl Paul Jennewein (December 2, 1890 – February 22, 1978) was a German-born American sculptor. Early career Jennewein was born in Stuttgart in Germany. At the age of seventeen, he immigrated to the United States in 1907. He was apprenti ...

Edward McCartan Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 – September 20, 1947) was an American sculptor, best known for his decorative bronzes done in an elegant style popular in the 1920s. Life Born in Albany, New York, he studied at the Pratt Institute, ...

, Gaetano Cecere, Chester Beach,

Lee Lawrie Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and an important figure in the American sculpture scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style ev ...

and

Paul Manship Paul Howard Manship (December 25, 1885 – January 31, 1966) was an American Sculpture, sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco in the United States, Art Deco movement. ...

. He also studied at the

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with Arthur Lee. He then apprenticed with James Earle Fraser, Carl Jennewein, and

Joseph Kiselewski Joseph A. Kiselewski (February 16, 1901 – February 26, 1988) was a sculptor. He was born near Browerville, Minnesota, trained in Minneapolis, New York, Paris, and Rome, and had a New York City studio from 1929 to 1980. He continued to work in h ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

he joined the

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Air Forces where he served as a photographer and a photography instructor. At that time he created a statue, ''Morning Mission'' that was cast in bronze and now resides at the Tulsa Municipal Airport. Weinman was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the

3rd Sculpture International 3rd Sculpture International was a 1949 exhibition of contemporary sculpture held inside and outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It featured works by 250 sculptors from around the world, and ran from May 15 ...

held at the

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in the summer of 1949. In 1964, Weinman received the

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's J. Sanford Saltus award, a silver medal his father designed, who also received the award in 1920.http://numismatics.org/archives/show/nnan0104 Robert Weinman lived in

Briarcliff Manor, New York Briarcliff Manor () is a suburban village in Westchester County, New York, north of New York City. It is on of land on the east bank of the Hudson River, geographically shared by the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining. Briarcliff Manor inc ...

, and his children attended school in the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinman, Robert 1915 births 2003 deaths American people of German descent 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors People from Briarcliff Manor, New York United States Army personnel of World War II