biography of Ernest DURIG (1896-1962)

Birth place: Switzerland

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Wash., DC, active 1930s-1962

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Rodin, in Paris

Comments: Sculptures of President Truman, Will Rogers, and other notables. In 1964, a collection of his works (and those by Rodin, Maillol, and Pascin) was discovered in a Wash., D.C. hospital storage room.

Sources: McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.