Joseph Walker Urner (January 16, 1898 – 1987) American sculptor, painter and etcher born in

Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in and the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Frederick has long been an important crossroads, located at the intersection of a major north–south Native ...

. He was the son of the Hon. Hammond G. Urner (1868–1942) and Mary Lavinia "Birdie" Floyd (1872–1956). His paternal grandfather was

Milton Urner Milton George Urner (July 29, 1839 – February 9, 1926) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 6, sixth district of Maryland, serving two terms fro ...

(July 29, 1839 – February 9, 1926), a

U.S. Congressman The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from the sixth district of

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

who served two terms from 1879 until 1883. He studied sculpture with

Ettore Cadorin Ettore Cadorin (March 1, 1876June 18, 1952) was an American sculptor and teacher born in Venice. His father Vincenzo Cadorin was a woodcarver and his first teacher. He went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice where he studied with ...

. Joseph served in both World War I and World War II. He was an architect and practiced sculpture as well. He died in 1987. He created the Alabama State Memorial at Gettysburg, PA.

Selected works

* Alabama State Monument,

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg (; non-locally ) is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. Gettysburg is home to th ...

Martin, David G., ‘’Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Monuments, Volume 1’’, Longstreet House, Hightstown N.J., 1986 p. 34 *

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Painters from Maryland 1898 births 1987 deaths People from Frederick, Maryland 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists American male painters American etchers 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors 20th-century American printmakers Sculptors from Maryland {{US-painter-1890s-stub