Biografie von George Julian ZOLNAY (c.1863-1949)

Birth place: Bucharest, Romania

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC (immigrated 1892); Wash., DC, 1913; St. Louis, MO, c. 1940; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, teacher

Studied: Imperial Acad. FA, Vienna; Nat. Acad., Bucharest; E. Hellmer; C. Kundmann

Exhibited: Portland Expo, 1904 (gold), 1905 (gold); Vienna Acad. (prize); PAFA Ann., 1915; National Sculpture Soc. Other awards: Order Bene Merenti," by King of Romania"

Member: NAC; St. Louis AG; Wash. AC; Cosmos Club; Union Int. des Arts et Sciences, Paris; Soc. Wash. Artists; Circolo Artistico, Rome; Tineremia Romana, Bucharest; Arch. Lg., 1900; SWA; Missouri Comm. to Portland Expo (chmn.)

Work: mon., St. Louis; Richmond, VA; Nashville, TN; Savannah, GA; Owensboro, KY; Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville; City Gates, Univ. City, MO; U.S. Customs House, San Fran., CA; New Bedford, MA; statue, U.S. Capiitol; Bucharest Royal Inst.; City AM, St. Louis; Herron AI

Comments: Positions: teacher, St. Louis School FA, before 1940; cur. of sculpture, St. Louis AM, before 1940.

Sources: WW40; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC