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/ref> who banded together to promote public interest in contemporary sculpture, was founded in 1937. Signatories to the original corporation papers (Sculptors Guild, Inc.) were Sonia Gordon Brown, Berta Margoulies,

Aaron Goodelman Aaron Goodelman (1890 – 1978) was an American sculptor. He graduated from art school in Odessa, fleeing Eastern Europe for the United States in 1904 because of antisemitic violence.. He attended a number of major art schools in New York and Pari ...

Chaim Gross Chaim Gross (March 17, 1902 – May 5, 1991) was an American sculptor and educator of Ukrainian Jewish origin. Childhood Gross was born to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa (now known as Mizhhiria, Ukraine), in t ...

(who became the first President), Minna Harkavy, Milton Horn,

Concetta Scaravaglione Concetta Scaravaglione (July 9, 1900 – September 4, 1975) was an American sculptor. Her parents immigrated from Calabria, Italy, and Concetta was the youngest of nine children. She is known for her monumental figurative sculpture, her work fo ...

, Warren Wheelock, and

William Zorach William Zorach (February 28, 1889 – November 15, 1966) was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the arts. He is notable for being at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism, as well as fo ...

. The inaugural exhibit of the Guild was held April 12 - May 31, 1938, on a vacant lot at Park Avenue and 39th St. This outdoor exhibit, the first of its kind in New York City, hosted 40,000 visitors paying an admission price of ten cents to view the work. Owing to the tremendous success of this first exhibit, the Brooklyn Museum held an exhibit of contemporary American sculpture by Guild members, October 21- November 27, 1938. The 58 founding members of the Sculptors Guild were: *Saul Baizerman *Aaron Ben-Shmuel *Simone Brangier Boas * Sonia Gordon Brown *Harold Cash *Albino Cavalito *

Cornellia Van A. Chapin Cornelia Van Auken Chapin (August 7, 1893 – December 4, 1972) American sculptor and animalier born in Waterford, Connecticut. She was known for her stone models of birds and animals, which she largely carved directly from life and without pre ...

* Robert Cronbach *Louise Cross *John Cunningham * Alice Decker *

Jose de Creeft José Mariano de Creeft (November 27, 1884 - September 11, 1982) was a Spanish-born American artist, sculptor, and teacher known for modern sculpture in stone, metal, and wood, particularly figural works of women. His 16 ft bronze ''Alice i ...

*Jean De Marco *

Jose De Rivera Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galil ...

*Hunt Diederich *Alfeo Faggi *

Herbert Ferber Herbert Ferber (1906 – 1991) was an American Abstract Expressionist, sculptor and painter, and a "driving force of the New York School." Background Herbert Ferber Silvers was born on April 30, 1906, in New York City. In 1923, he be ...

*Paul Fiene *

John Bernard Flannagan John Bernard Flannagan (April 7, 1895 – January 6, 1942) was an American sculptor. Along with Robert Laurent and William Zorach, he is known as one of the first practitioners of direct carving (also known as ''taille directe'') in the Unite ...

*Hy Freilicher *Mark Freidman * Eugenie Gershoy *

Enrico Glicenstein Enrico Glicenstein (24 May 1870 – 30 December 1942) was a Polish-born sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States. Life Glicenstein was born in Turek, Poland in 1870 and named Enoch Hendryk Glicenstein. His father was a teacher who also w ...

*Maurice Glickman *

Vincent Glinsky Vincent Glinsky (December 18, 1895 – March 19, 1975) was an American sculptor. He is especially noted for his architectural decorations. Life Vincent Glinsky was born in Russia on December 18, 1895 and emigrated to America just before World ...

* Dorothea Greenbaum *

(first President) * Genevieve Karr Hamlin * Minna Harkavy * Alonzo Hauser * Milton Hebald * Milton Horn *John Hovannes * Margaret Brassler Kane *

Nathaniel Kaz Nathaniel Kaz (March 9, 1917 - December 13, 2010) was an American sculptor who was born in New York City. His parents were musicians and moved to Detroit when Kaz was young. It was in Detroit when he began his art studies with Samuel Cashwan. A ...

Oronzio Maldarelli Oronzio Maldarelli was an American sculptor and painter (1892–1963) born in Naples, Italy. Education He was born on September 9, 1892 and immigrated with his parents, Michael Maldarelli, a goldsmith, and mother, Louisa Rizzo Maldarelli, to the ...

Paul Manship Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 – January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public com ...

* Berta Margoulies (first Secretary) *

Dina Melicov Dina Melicov (1905–1969) was an American sculptor, and painter who studied at The Educational Alliance Art School. She graduated from Wadleigh High School for Girls, and studied with Solon Borglum. She married Samuel Gould. Dina Melicov was ...

*George Meyers *David Michnick *Ward Montague *

Hugo Robus Hugo Robus (1885 – January 14, 1964) was an American sculptor. He co-founded an art colony in New City, New York. His sculptures are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan ...

* Marion Sanford * Hélène Sardeau *

Louis Slobodkin Louis Slobodkin (February 19, 1903 – May 8, 1975) was an American people, American sculptor, writer, and illustrator of numerous children's books. Life Slobodkin was born on February 19, 1903, in Albany, New York. He attended the Beaux-Art ...

* Cesare Stea * Mary Tarleton *T. Trajan *Polygnotos Vagis *Marion Walton *Nat Werner * Anita Weschler (first Treasurer) *Warren Wheelock *Adolf Wolff *Sreekumar Unnikrishnan *

The Sculptors Guild continues today as an advocacy organization with a diverse membership. Activities have expanded to include the annual “dressing” of the windows of Saks 5th Avenue, NYC, and participation in exhibitions abroad, such as the 1993 exhibition in Kyoto, Japan, and the 2008 international art fairs at Art Cologne and Supermarket Stockholm. The Sculptors Guild has a presence on New York’s historic Governors Island, with annual indoor and outdoor exhibitions, carving workshops and gallery talks. In 2010 the Sculptors Guild opened a gallery space and office on the second floor in

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. In September 2016, they moved into an office space on the second floor at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, in

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at 256 LaGuardia Place, NY, NY 10012 and continue to have summer exhibitions on Governors Island. 2017 will be the Sculptor Guild's 80th year, and will be celebrated with a momentous member exhibition curated by John Yau at the historic Westbeth Gallery for the month of February. This exhibition will include past and current members highlighting the vast forms of sculpture members have explored over past 80 years. Membership is by invitation and/or submission to the Admissions Committee.

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