Artist

Adolph A. Weinman

born Karlsruhe, Germany 1870-died Forest Hills, NY 1952
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Adolph A. Weinman, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002276
Also known as
  • Adolph Alexander Weinman
  • Adolph Weinman
  • A. A. Weinman
Born
Karlsruhe, Germany
Died
Forest Hills, New York, United States
Biography

Born in Germany, Adolph Weinman came to the United States in 1880, and later studied at Cooper Union and the Art Students League in New York. He studied sculpture in the studio of Philip Martiny, and in 1896 worked under Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who would have a major influence on his work. Weinman would win important sculptural commissions, including the monument to General Alexander Macomb in Detroit; the Post Office Department Building, Washington, D.C.; and Pennsylvania Station, New York. Weinman is perhaps best known for designing the “Walking Liberty” on the 1916 half-dollar and ten-cent coins.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Run, Jane, Run!, 2004, woven cotton, linen, barbed wire, caution tape, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Alturas Foundation, 2021.51, © 2004, Consuelo J. Underwood
Run, Jane, Run!
Date2004
woven cotton, linen, barbed wire, caution tape
Not on view
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Virgen de los Caminos, 1994, embroidered and quilted cotton and silk with graphite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1996.77
Virgen de los Caminos
Date1994
embroidered and quilted cotton and silk with graphite
Not on view