Albert Weinert

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Name Albert Weinert		Died November 29, 1947

Albert Weinert American sculptor (June 13, 1863 - November 29, 1947)

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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.

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

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

Cecil Calvert Monument, Baltimore, 1908

References

Albert Weinert Wikipedia

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