biography of Albert LAESSLE (1877-1954)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Addresses: Miami 43, FL

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Spring Garden Inst., Phila.; Drexel Inst.; PAFA, Cresson traveling scholarships:1902, 1904-07; & with Michel Bequine, in Paris.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1901-29, 1935-37, 1940-41 (gold 1918, prize 1928); Buenos Aires, 1910 (medal); Pan.-Pac. Expo., 1915 (gold); Americanization Through Art, Phila., 1916 (prize); AIC, 1920 (prize); Sesqui-Centenn. Expo, Phila., 1926 (gold); Phila. A. All., 1928 (prize); Saltus medal, Am. Numismatic Soc., 1951.

Member: NA; NSS; NIAL; fellowship, PAFA; Academia Culturale Adriatica Internationale (hon.); Am. Numismatic Soc.

Work: Univ. Club, Phila.; PAFA; MMA; Carnegie Inst.; Peabody Inst.; CPLH; Reading Mus. Art; bronzes, Rittenhouse Square, Phila., Zoological Gardens, Phila.; Johnson Square, Camden, NJ; Brookgreen Gardens, SC; mem., Logan Square, Phila.; des. Widener Mem. med.; 10th Issue med. for Soc. Medalists; Sesqui-Centennial Exp.; Concord AA med. of honor; Univ. Med. of Pennsylvania for Merit in Architectural Ornament.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.