Artist

Joseph E. Renier

born Union Hill, NJ 1887-died New York City 1966
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Photographed by J. H. Hare. Image is courtesy of the Adolph A. Weinman papers, 1893-1960 in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • Joseph Renier
  • Joseph Emile Renier
Born
Union Hill, New Jersey, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Joseph Renier grew up in New Jersey and studied at the Art Students League in New York. He attended art schools in Paris and Brussels, and in 1915 won the Prix de Rome to study at the American Academy. He served with the American Red Cross in Italy during World War I and in 1921 finally returned to America. He created many architectural sculptures, reliefs, and medals, which included designs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Civil War Centennial, and the American Heart Association. In 1959, Renier was awarded the gold medal for sculpture from the American Artists Professional League.

Works by this artist (3 items)

George N. Barnard, U.S.M. Bridge, Chattanooga, ca. 1860-1865, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.30.1
U.S.M. Bridge, Chattanooga
Artist
Dateca. 1860-1865
albumen silver print
Not on view
George N. Barnard, The "Hell Hole", New Hope Church, Georgia, from Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, plate 27, ca. 1866, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.7
The ​“Hell Hole”, New Hope Church, Georgia, from…
Artist
Dateca. 1866
albumen silver print
Not on view
George N. Barnard, Bonaventure, Savannah, Georgia, ca. 1866, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.6
Bonaventure, Savannah, Georgia
Artist
Dateca. 1866
albumen silver print
Not on view