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Wheeler Williams
Bronze
American, (11/30/1897–8/12/1972)
Wheeler Williams was an American scuptor recognized for his works in diverse genres and mediums. He was born in Chicago on November 3, 1897, where he attended Chicago Latin School before Phillips Exeter and the Sheffield Scientific School. As a teenager, he studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. He graduated from Yale in 1919, after having served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Balloon Corps during World War I. He continued his studies at Harvard where he earned a masters degree in architecture in 1922, the same year he was awarded a medal from the American Institute of Architects.
Williams moved to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts with Jules Couton. He established his own short-lived studio in Paris before settling in New York in 1928, where he would remain for most of his career.
Wheeler was awarded a number of public commissions, including works displayed on the Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago, the National Library of Brazil, the Interstate Commerce building in Washington, D.C., the American Battle Monument in Cambridge, England, and the Robert A. Taft memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1927, he competed in the Pioneer Woman statue competition; he was not awarded the commission, but his model was later enlarged for display at the Liberty and the Kansas public library. Under the New Deal, he created public bas-reliefs for the Canal Street Post Office, New York and the Penataquit Station Post Office, Bay Shore, New York.
In addition to his monumental work, he also created a number of small-scale works and garden sculptures throughout the 1920s and 1930s, with a growing enthusiam for works designed for domestic use or decoration. Common themes in his work were classical maidens, children, and mythological figures characterized by a sense of humor, which Williams felt was essential to his sculpture. Influenced by the scarcity of materials such as bronze and stone during World War II, Williams experimented in a variety of materials including porcelain and terracotta; these works include his porcelain series The Clouds (subject work).
Williams was the winner of a Gould Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1937. He was a member of the National Academy, President of the Fine Arts Federation of New York, and President of the National Sculpture Society.
He was a outspoken critic of some modern art, testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities where he spoke out against works selected ot be displayed at the United States Exhibition in Moscow in 1959.
He was also founder and presidnet of the American Artist Proffessional League.
In the early 1940s, he was commissioned to create Fountain of Youth for the courtyard of the Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Wheeler Williams died in 1972 in Madison, Connecticut.
Bronze
American, (11/30/1897–8/12/1972)
Wheeler Williams was an American scuptor recognized for his works in diverse genres and mediums. He was born in Chicago on November 3, 1897, where he attended Chicago Latin School before Phillips Exeter and the Sheffield Scientific School. As a teenager, he studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. He graduated from Yale in 1919, after having served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Balloon Corps during World War I. He continued his studies at Harvard where he earned a masters degree in architecture in 1922, the same year he was awarded a medal from the American Institute of Architects.
Williams moved to Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts with Jules Couton. He established his own short-lived studio in Paris before settling in New York in 1928, where he would remain for most of his career.
Wheeler was awarded a number of public commissions, including works displayed on the Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago, the National Library of Brazil, the Interstate Commerce building in Washington, D.C., the American Battle Monument in Cambridge, England, and the Robert A. Taft memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1927, he competed in the Pioneer Woman statue competition; he was not awarded the commission, but his model was later enlarged for display at the Liberty and the Kansas public library. Under the New Deal, he created public bas-reliefs for the Canal Street Post Office, New York and the Penataquit Station Post Office, Bay Shore, New York.
In addition to his monumental work, he also created a number of small-scale works and garden sculptures throughout the 1920s and 1930s, with a growing enthusiam for works designed for domestic use or decoration. Common themes in his work were classical maidens, children, and mythological figures characterized by a sense of humor, which Williams felt was essential to his sculpture. Influenced by the scarcity of materials such as bronze and stone during World War II, Williams experimented in a variety of materials including porcelain and terracotta; these works include his porcelain series The Clouds (subject work).
Williams was the winner of a Gould Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1937. He was a member of the National Academy, President of the Fine Arts Federation of New York, and President of the National Sculpture Society.
He was a outspoken critic of some modern art, testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities where he spoke out against works selected ot be displayed at the United States Exhibition in Moscow in 1959.
He was also founder and presidnet of the American Artist Proffessional League.
In the early 1940s, he was commissioned to create Fountain of Youth for the courtyard of the Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Wheeler Williams died in 1972 in Madison, Connecticut.
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