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Felix Weihs de Weldon (April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an American sculptor. His most famous pieces include the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial, 1954) in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, US, and the Malaysian National Monument (1966) in Kuala Lumpur.
Jun 15, 2003 · Felix de Weldon, whose imposing sculpture of marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima became an emblem of the Marine Corps, died on June 2 in Woodstock, Va. He was 96. Mr. de Weldon...
Felix Weihs de Weldon was a prominent sculptor of the mid-twentieth century. Born in Austria and trained in Vienna, his early work was exhibited in Vienna and at the Paris Salon. He came to the United States before the outbreak of World War II and served in the U.S. Navy during the war.
Felix de Weldon Nationally known sculptor whose works include a bust of Harry S. Truman, the Athens, Greece monument of Mr. Truman, and the Iwo Jima Monument in Washington, D.C. Also former member of the U.S. Fine Arts Commission.
Jun 10, 2003 · De Weldon, who created the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the historic raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima, died of causes associated with old age on June 2 in a...
Dr. Felix Weihs de Weldon, sculptor of the gigantic Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, D.C., began working on an Iwo Jima flag-raising statue in 1945, when he first saw photographer Joe Rosenthal’s dramatic picture of that event.
Jul 2, 2018 · Sculptor Felix Weihs De Weldon, a Vienna born American citizen and war veteran, works on the face of one the figures in a huge United States Marine Corps Memorial, in his studio in...
Felix de Weldon. Sculptor, Austrian, 1907-2003. View Related Artifacts. Felix de Weldon was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on April 12, 1907. From the University of Vienna's Academy of Creative Arts and School of Architecture, he earned his M.A. and M.S. degrees in 1927 and his PhD in 1929.
Felix George Weihs de Weldon. Born. Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Died. Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Active in. London, England. Newport, Rhode Island,
Felix de Weldon. American, born Austria-Hungary (now Austria), 1907 - 2003. de Weldon, Felix Weihs Dr.; Weldon, Felix de
