biography of Paul FIENE (1899-1949)

Birth place: Germany

Death place: Woodstock, NY

Addresses: Woodstock, NY

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: BAID, 1917 (won first prize, life class, and offer of Prixe de Rome, which he could not accept due to his lack of funds); studio asst. to Paul Lachaise, before 1919

Exhibited: The Gallery, NYC, 1923 (first solo show); Salons of Am., 1931, 1934; Sculptor's Guild Exhib, NYC, 1938; Sculpture Int., PMA, 1940; Bienn. AWCS, WMAA, 1927-51; WFNY, 1939; PAFA, 1944.

Member: Sculptors Gld.; Woodstock AA

Work: Woodstock AA; WPA work: USPO, Station O, NY; stone reliefs (Deer" and "Bears") for Old Chelsea Post Office in NYC"

Comments: Came to U.S. in 1911. Modernist sculptor who excelled at animals as subject matter. Joined art colony at Woodstock in 1920, and became year-round resident by 1923. His brother was artist Ernest Fiene and his wife was artist Rosella Hartman.

Sources: WW40; Woodstock's Art Heritage, 86-87; Woodstock AA; Falk, Exh. Record Series.