biografía de Steffen Wolfgang THOMAS (1906-1990)

Lugar de nacimiento: Fürth, Germany

Direcciones: Atlanta, GA

Profesión: Sculpture, painter, graphic artist, lecturer

Estudios: Sch. Appl. Arts, Nürnberg, Ger.; Acad. Fine Arts, Munich, Ger., with Herman Hahn, Bernhart Bleeker & Josef Wakerle.

Exposiciones: Glas Palast, Munich, 1927; High Mus, 1936 (solo); NSS, 1948; Southeastern Art Show, Atlanta Art Assn., 1949-1951; Nat. Soc. Miniature Arts, Smithsonian Inst., 1952. Awards: first & purchase prize for Head of Youth, City of Fürth, 1925; hon mention, Fine Arts Acad., Munich, 1928.

Asociaciones: SSAL; Atlanta AA.

Obra: City of Fürth, Bavaria; Univ. Ala.; State T. Col., Jacksonville, Ala.; Emory Univ; High Mus., Atlanta, GA; Pub. Lib., Atlanta; Agnes Scott Col., Decatur, GA; State Capital, Atlanta; Women's Better Govt. Lg., Atlanta; Atlanta Univ.; Ga. Am. Legion, Atlanta; Am. Col. Surg., Chicago, IL; Univ. Edinborough, Scotland. Commissions: marble portrait bust, comn. by Martha Berry, Berry Sch. Libr., Rome, Ga., 1936; bronze portrait bust George Washington Carver, Tuskegee Inst., Ala., 1945; bronze monument to Gov. Eugene Talmadge, Talmadge Mem. Comt., State Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, 1949; bronze Ala. Confederate monument, State of Ala., Vicksburg Nat. Mil. Park, Miss., 1951; aluminum bas relief murals, Fulton Nat. Bank, Atlanta, 1954.

Comentarios: Preferred media: bronze. Positions: art dir., Ga. Nat. Youth Admin., 1939-42. Bibliography:WW40; Katerine Barnwell, Artist's Studio or Lion's Den," Atlanta J.-Constitution Mag., Mar. 4, 1962; Ann Carter, "Reaching Higher," Sun Atlanta J.-Constitution, Feb. 2, 1969; Ethel Kerlin & staff, "Mr. Steffen Thomas," WETV, 1969"