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Known for
  
sculpture


Name
  
Albert Stewart

Albert Stewart

Born
  
April 9, 1900 (
1900-04-09
)
Kensington, England

Patron(s)
  
Edwin T. Bechtel, George Frederick Kunz

Died
  
September 23, 1965, Claremont, California, United States

Education
  
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design

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Albert Stewart (April 9, 1900 – September 23, 1965) was an American sculptor born in Kensington, England.

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He arrived in America in 1908 and was orphaned shortly thereafter. Through the intervention of a wealthy benefactor, Edwin T. Bechtel, Stewart was allowed to pursue his art studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League of New York, staples for young and impoverished sculptors of the day. Upon completing his studies, Bechtel helped him obtain some needed commissions.

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Dr. George Frederick Kunz, vice-president of Tiffany & Co., also assisted him, and after his death in 1932, in his will, he bequeathed to "Albert T. Stewart, a friend and sculptor," five shares of non-par capital stock in Tiffany & Co.

During World War I, he went to Canada and joined the Royal Air Force. When he returned after the war, he worked as an assistant to both Frederick MacMonnies and Paul Manship.

During the 1930s he worked as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist. Throughout his career Stewart frequently was employed to create architectural sculptures. In 1939, he was appointed head of the sculpture program at Scripps College in Claremont, California at the invitation of Millard Sheets. He moved to California and stayed there the rest of his life.

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Selected architectural sculpture

  • Buffalo City Hall friezes, Buffalo, New York 1931
  • Decorative panels, 333 Michigan Avenue Building, Chicago, Illinois 1931
  • Waldo Hutchins Memorial Bench (1932), Central Park, New York City, Eric Gugler, architect. Stewart designed the bas relief decoration (carved in marble by the Piccirilli Brothers), and sculptor Paul Manship designed the bronze sundial figure.
  • Frieze and Eagle, post office, Albany, New York 1933
  • Municipal Auditorium reliefs, Kansas City, Missouri (for the WPA) 1934
  • Pediment, Department of Labor Building, Washington D.C. 1934
  • United States Customs Building, Washington, D.C. (for the WPA) 1935
  • Panels & Eagle, United States Mint Building, San Francisco, California 1935
  • Panels, the Nassau County Courthouse, Mineola, New York 1939
  • Panels on Home Builder's Savings and Loan Association, Pomona, California 1946
  • Animal figures in brick wall at Los Angeles County Fair Grounds at Pomona 1952
  • Reliefs, Life Science Building, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 1953
  • Figures, Los Angeles County Courthouse, Los Angeles, California 1956
  • Reliefs, Mormon Battalion History, Fort Moore Monument, Los Angeles, California 1957
  • Horse figure, Swaps - Hall of Fame racing thoroughbred, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California 1958
  • Reliefs, Scottish Rite Temple, Los Angeles, California 1960

    • Other works

  • Baptistry doors, St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City 1931
  • Elevator doors, Ramsey County Court House, St. Paul, Minnesota 1931
  • Eagles for legs of Steinway & Sons piano given to the White House 1938
  • Eternal Primitive, in the Margaret Fowler Garden at Scripps College, Claremont, California 1965
  • Several works at Brookgreen Gardens in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

    • References

    Albert Stewart Wikipedia
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