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Adolph A. Weinman
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Biography
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Adolph A. Weinman (1870–1952) was a German-born American sculptor and medallist. He studied at Cooper Union and the Art Students League in New York, worked with Philip Martiny and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and received commissions for monuments and architectural sculpture, including work for Pennsylvania Station.
His Walking Liberty half-dollar design, introduced in 1916, shows Liberty draped in the American flag and carrying laurel and oak branches. The United States Mint reused it for the obverse of the American Silver Eagle when that programme began in 1986. His career brought the techniques and imagery of sculpture into both public buildings and small, widely circulated objects.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum — Adolph A. WeinmanLife dates, German birth, New York training, sculpture mentors and architectural commissions.
- United States Mint — American Eagle Coin ProgramWalking Liberty's 1916 origin, iconography and use on the Silver Eagle programme launched in 1986.