Overview
Leo Friedlander is a great American sculptor and held such important positions as Vice President of the Architectural League, President of the National Sculpture Society, Honorary Member of the Catholic Art Society and Academician at the National Academy of Design in New York to name just a few of his affiliations. He was of course a monumental sculptor who received many great commissions including four huge panel reliefs at the RCA building at Rockefeller Center and the colossal Valor and Sacrifice which stand at the foot of the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington D.C.
Public Works
Museum of the City of New York, The central pediment (1930)
Washington Memorial Arch, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Sculptures
National Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., Reliefs
Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, Alabama, Sculpted Reliefs, 1931
RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, Reliefs, 1939
Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., Arts of War Sculptures,(Sacrifice and Valor)
New York World's Fair, Four Freedoms Statues, 1940
War Memorial, Richmond, VA, Memory Sculpture
American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg
Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR, Covered Wagon sculptural panels
Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR, Lewis and Clark sculptural panels
Prospect Terrace Park, Providence, RI, Roger Williams Statue
Texas Women's University, Denton, TX, Pioneer Woman Statue
House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Sculptured Clock
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bacchante (bronze sculpture)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harmony Creates Tranquility (bronze medal)