Walker Hancock

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Walker Kirkland Hancock (born June 28, 1901, St. Louis, Missouri, died December 30, 1998, Gloucester, Massachusetts) was an American sculptor of the 20th century noted for his monumental sculptures. He is perhaps best known for work on the memorial sculptures at Stone Mountain. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1989.

"Vision", 1938 sculpture by Walker Hancock, Soldiers' Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri

Other works include:

• At the Washington National Cathedral:
  • Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the west end of the nave
  • Christ in Majesty in the high altar reredos
  • The altarpiece for the "Good Shepherd" chapel

• The Pennsylvania Railroad War Memorial in 30th Street Station (Philadelphia)
• James Madison in the Library of Congress
• Allegorial figures at the Soldier's Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri

[edit] References

• Oral history interview at Smithsonian Archives of American Art