Robert Alexander Weinman, FNSS
(1915 - 2003)
by Gwen Pier
Robert A. Weinman was born in New York City in 1915, and grew up surrounded by sculpture, as his father was the well-known sculptor Adolph A. Weinman (18701952). He attended the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League as a young man, where he studied with several of this countrys finest sculptors, including Edward McCartan, Chester Beach, Lee Lawrie, and Paul Manship. He apprenticed with C. Paul Jennewein, James Earle Fraser, and Joseph Kiselewski, in addition to working in his fathers studio. |