Marked: Copyright 1901 top of self-base
artist
What many Americans do not know and appreciate is that Weinman designed the well known dime and half dollar coins used in this country. He was a member of the Architectural League of New York and the National Academy of Design. He had studied under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Philip Martiny and as assistants to Charles Niehaus, Olin Warner and Daniel Chester French. By the end of his life he had received every high honor and award an American could achieve. He was also a president at the National Sculpture Society. His Rising Day and Descending Night, perhaps initially designed as large fountain pieces to be displayed at the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, received critical acclaim and Weinman began firmly establishing himself as one of America’s finest monumental and architectural sculptors. On display at the Brookgreen Sculpture Society are his Duet, Riders of the Dawn which is a fountain in the central pool at the Dogwood Garden, and Narcissus, a marble.