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Bruno Mankowski

Bruno Mankowski, (October 30, 1902 - July 31, 1990) was a German-born American sculptor, carver, ceramicist and medalist.

Bruno Mankowski

(1902-10-30)October 30, 1902

Berlin, Germany

July 31, 1990(1990-07-31) (aged 87)

DeBary, Florida, U.S.

German-American

Municipal & State Art Schools, Berlin
Beaux Arts Institute of Design, New York City

Sculpture
Medalist

Genius of America pediment, U.S. Capitol
Minerva Medal

Art Deco

Executing the designs of other sculptors, he carved architectural ornament for the United States Capitol, the United States Supreme Court Building, and the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, in Washington, D.C.[1] He carved Art Deco ornament for Rockefeller Center, and Neo-Gothic ornament for Riverside Church, both in New York City.[1]


Mankowski was also a high-regarded medalist, receiving numerous commissions and awards.

Alphonso X "The Wise" (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Alphonso X "The Wise" (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Simon de Montfort (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Simon de Montfort (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Justinian (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Justinian (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

George Mason (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

George Mason (1950) by Gaetano Cecere, House Chamber

Moses (1950) by Jean de Marco, House Chamber

Moses (1950) by Jean de Marco, House Chamber

St. Louis (1950) by Jean de Marco, House Chamber

St. Louis (1950) by Jean de Marco, House Chamber

Sir William Blackstone (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Sir William Blackstone (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Gregory IX (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Gregory IX (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Hammurabi (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Hammurabi (1950) by Thomas Hudson Jones, House Chamber

Seated Female Figure (medium, c.1934), height: 36 in (91 cm). Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1934.

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Relief: The Farmer's Letter (plaster, 1939), height: 30 in (76 cm), width: height: 84 in (210 cm), U.S. Post Office, Chesterfield, South Carolina, WPA relief panel

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Shepherd (, 1939), Hall of Nations, 1939 New York World's Fair

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Head of American Working Girl (medium, c.1942). Exhibited at Artists for Victory Exhibition, 1942. Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1947.[40]

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Relief: War Memorial Plaque (bronze, 1948), Macombs Junior High School, New York City

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The Sisters (limestone, 1949), height: 16 in (41 cm). Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1949.

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Pieta (terra cotta, 1949). Winner of the United Clay Mines Prize, 14th Ceramic National Exhibition (1949), Carnegie Museum of Art

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Hercules (cast stone?, 1950-1951), replica figurehead for SS Constitution

(cast stone?, 1950-1951), replica figurehead for SS Independence

Massasoit

Relief: Lithuanian Flyers Memorial (aluminum and marble, 1957), Lithuania Square, Union Avenue & Hewes Street, Brooklyn, New York City A double portrait of Lithuanian-American pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, who attempted a 1933 trans-Atlantic flight from Brooklyn to Lithuania, but whose plane mysteriously went down over Germany.[53]

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Intimate Conversation (terra cotta, 1958), height: 29 in (74 cm). Winner of the Ceramic Sculpture Award, Twentieth Ceramic International Exhibition (1959), .[54]

Syracuse Museum

Young Woman Standing (terra cotta, 1959)

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Kneeling Nude (Indiana limestone, 1970), height: 36 in (91 cm), , Tampa, Florida[56]

Tampa Museum of Art

Duckbill Platypus (marble, 1988), , Murrells Inlet, South Carolina[57]

Brookgreen Gardens

Girl with Book (stone, year), height: 22.75 in (57.8 cm), Museum, New York City[58]

National Academy of Design

Head of a Man - Self-portrait (plaster, year)

at Find a Grave

Bruno Mankowski