Felix de Weldon was an American sculptor that mostly created portraits and monoliths.
The Weldon was an Austrian-born child of an affluent fabric seller. During his very early youth his artistic ability was recognized and encouraged by his setting. At age 10 he started his training at Marchetti College, where he art background, makeup, languages and examined engineering. At the age of 17 he obtained his very first nationwide award for his work. This results in an event at a gallery in Vienna which he got global recognition. Currently at the age of 22 Weldon had 3 titles in his pocket. He was a graduate art historian, designer as well as thinker. After graduating he traveled through Europe for two years to study the old masters.
Between 1933 and also 1937 Weldon had a workshop in London. It remains in this city that he got his first vital commissions of the British monarchy. Amongst the portrait busts he made one of the most crucial of George V and also Edward VIII. His bust of George V, he reached even the National Portrait Gallery, something that is unique for a living musician. Via the synergies of the British the aristocracy the Weldon obtains a work in Canada so he entered call with the American way of living. In 1938 he made a decision to move from London to the United States. Below he was naturalized in 1945. After offering in the army he began on his well-known sculpture, the Marines Memorial in Washington. Only in 1954 he made his last, huge version of 100 tons of bronze. Hereafter great Weldon commissioned the portraits of lots of noticeable people throughout the globe. With 1200 public compensations, he is one of the most essential American sculptor of the 20th century. His works can be discovered on all seven continents consisting of Antarctica.
His last work was a customized duplicate of the monument in Washington, committed to the sufferers of the assaults on September 11, 2001. He stated of this monolith: "This sculpture stands as the American icon of unity of activity, the will to give up and also America's unrelenting determination to defend liberty."
Our collection contains 3 quotes who is written / told by Felix.
"Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience"
"The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art"
"I finished my studies in England, I opened my studio in London, and the first one-man exhibit I had on Bond Street, which was opened by the Austrian ambassador"
