1. Hans K Schuler was a German-born American sculptor and monument maker.
14 Facts About Hans Schuler
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Hans Schuler was the first American sculptor to win the Salon Gold Medal.
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Hans Schuler's works are in several important museum collections, and he created many public monuments, mostly for locations in Baltimore, Maryland and in the Washington, DC area.
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Hans Schuler was born in a part of Alsace-Lorraine which was then under German sovereignty, though it is part of France.
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Hans Schuler graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, having studied there at the Rinehart School of Sculpture.
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Hans Schuler continued his artistic training in France at the Academie Julian, studying under Raoul Verlet.
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Hans Schuler won the Salon Gold Medal in Paris in 1901, the first American sculptor ever to do so.
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Hans Schuler served as president of MICA from 1925 to 1951 and was a member of the Charcoal Club of Baltimore.
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Hans Schuler's works are in the collections of museums including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
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On Baltimore's Charles Street, in the area of the main campus of Johns Hopkins University, there are imposing monuments by Hans Schuler honoring Johns Hopkins and Sidney Lanier.
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Hans Schuler was a member of the National Sculpture Society and exhibited in their 1923 exhibition.
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Hans Schuler taught at the Corcoran School of Art, where his pupils included Mary Blackford Fowler.
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Hans Schuler was known as "Baltimore's Monument Maker" after creating many of the city's monuments on streets and parks.
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Hans Schuler designed the 1934 United States commemorative Maryland Tercentenary half dollar.