Leopold Scholz (1877–1946) Austrian born American sculptor best known for his works in the

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housed in the

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in Washington D.C. In 1921 Scholz married sculptor

Belle Kinney Scholz Belle Marshall Kinney Scholz (1890–1959) was an American sculptor, born in Tennessee who worked and died in New York state. Early life Belle Kinney was one of four children born to Captain D.C. Kenny and Elizabeth Morrison Kenny. She was bor ...

and much of his best known work was executed with her. IN 1938 Scholz created a statue for the United States post office in

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. The statue, a bust from the waist up, portrays a postman dressing in the 1930s uniform, with a ''look of determination on his face that reminds us that the mail will be delivered no matter what the obstacles might be."

Work

* ''Andrew Jackson'' statue,

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, Washington D.C., with

Belle Kinney Belle Marshall Kinney Scholz (1890–1959) was an American sculptor, born in Tennessee who worked and died in New York state. Early life Belle Kinney was one of four children born to Captain D.C. Kenny and Elizabeth Morrison Kenny. She was bor ...

1927 * ''John Sevier'' statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, with Belle Kinney, 1931 * Bronx ''

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'' statue, Bronx Victory Column & Memorial Grove World War I Memorial in

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, with Belle Kinney, 1933 * ''Victory'' statue, War Memorial Auditorium, Legislative Plaza, Nashville, with Belle Kinney, 1929 * Pediment sculptures of the Nashville Parthenon, with Belle Kinney, 1920-30 * ''Postman'', Chattanooga Post Office,

, 1938 * ''A Pioneer Woman's Bravery'', a

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bas relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

, WPA project for the USPO, Angola, New York, 1940 Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Angola Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-07

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scholz, Leopold 1877 births 1946 deaths 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors Section of Painting and Sculpture artists Austrian emigrants to the United States