Viktor Schreckengost was an American industrial designer as well as a teacher, sculptor, and artist.
20 Facts About Viktor Schreckengost
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Viktor Schreckengost's father worked at a ceramics factory from which he brought home material for his children to model.
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Only years later did Viktor Schreckengost realize that his father systematically rotated the winner.
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Viktor Schreckengost graduated from the Cleveland School of the Arts in 1929, at which time he earned a partial scholarship to study at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna.
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Viktor Schreckengost taught industrial design at the Cleveland Institute of Art for more than 50 years and was a professor emeritus at CIA until his death.
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Viktor Schreckengost was the youngest faculty member ever at CIA.
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Viktor Schreckengost founded CIA's school of industrial design, the first of its kind in the country.
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Viktor Schreckengost enlisted in the Navy at age 37 to help the Allies in World War II.
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Viktor Schreckengost was flown on secret missions to Europe where he used his modeling knowledge to help improve the radar used in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Viktor Schreckengost retired from the Naval Reserves as a Captain.
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Viktor Schreckengost was good friends with Cleveland safety director Eliot Ness.
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Viktor Schreckengost had special-ordered the item as a gift for Franklin D Roosevelt to commemorate his second successful gubernatorial campaign.
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Viktor Schreckengost created the largest freestanding ceramic sculpture in the world, Early Settler at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Ohio.
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Viktor Schreckengost designed bicycles manufactured by Murray bicycles for Murray and Sears, Roebuck and Company, chiefly the Mercury bicycle which was advertised as the "official bicycle" of the 1939 New York World's Fair where it was exhibited alongside some of his first sculptures.
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Viktor Schreckengost lived in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with his second wife Gene, and he celebrated his 100th birthday in June 2006.
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The Viktor Schreckengost Foundation planned more than 100 exhibits of his work, with at least one in each US state, to celebrate the milestone.
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Viktor Schreckengost attended an exhibit in New York City to open the shows.
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Also in 2006, Viktor Schreckengost was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor the federal government can bestow on an American artist.
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Viktor Schreckengost was predeceased by his three sisters, Pearl Eckleberry, Ruth Key, and Lucille Jackson, and his two brothers, Paul and Donald Schreckengost.
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In 2010, the Viktor Schreckengost Foundation signed a three-year contract to open a museum in the Tower Press Building in the St Clair-Superior neighborhood of Cleveland, slated to open in the Spring of 2011.