Artist
Erwin Springweiler
born Pforzheim, Germany 1896-died USA 1968
- Also known as
- Erwin F. Springweiler
- Erwin Frederick Springweiler
- Born
- Pforzheim, Germany
- Active in
- Wyandanch, New York, United States
- Biography
German sculptor Erwin Springweiler trained at the Munich Academy and worked with the American sculptor Paul Manship in Havana, Cuba. During the 1930s, Springweiler created artworks for post offices through the sponsorship of the New Deal program called the Works Progress Administration. He favored animal subjects, and his sculpture of an anteater stands in the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.