biography of Harry (Edward) STINSON (1898-1975)

Birth place: Wayland, IA

Death place: San Diego, CA

Addresses: Iowa City, IA; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, educator, lecturer

Studied: Univ. Iowa, B.A., M.F.A.; Cumming School Art; NAD; ASL; Robert Aitken; Charles Hawthorne; Ivan Olinsky; George Bridgman; Charles A. Cumming.

Exhibited: NAD, 1929; PAFA Ann., 1930-31, 1936, 1948; Clay Club, NY, 1944-46; Iowa Exh., Chicago, 1937 (medal); Kansas City AI, 1935 (prize); Nebraska AA, 1942; Sculpture Center, 1944-46, 1948-64; Grand Central Palace, 1950; Bennington College, 1949, 1956; Nebraska AA, 1950; Des Moines Art Center, 1953, 1956, 1958; Audubon Artists, 1954-58; NAD, 1929, 1955; Staten Island Mus., 1955, 1956; Washington Art Club, 1954; Philadelphia Art All., 1952.

Member: Iowa AG; AAUP; Audubon Artists; Sculpture Center; CAA; AFA.

Work: memorial, statues, Lake View, Council Bluffs, Iowa City, IA.

Comments: Position: teacher, Univ. Iowa, 1921-40; professor, Hunter College, New York, NY, 1940-.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 200; Falk, Exh. Record Series.