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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 · By Douglas Martin. June 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 ...
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Felix W. de Weldon. CFA Service: 1950–1963. 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 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. De Weldon first received notice as a sculptor at the age of 17, with his statue of Austrian educator and diplomat Professor ...
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- April 12, 1907
- June 3, 2003
Jun 8, 2003 · Felix de Weldon, 96, whose sculpture of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima is a well-recognized Washington sentinel and one of the world's best-known memorials to valor, died June 2 at a nursing ...
Felix de Weldon was born 12 April 1907, in Vienna, Austria, where he obtained his A.B. degree at Marchetti College in 1925. He received his M.A. and M.S. degrees at the University of Vienna’s Academy of Creative Arts and School of Architecture in 1927, and was awarded his Ph.D. there in 1929.
