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Bronze statue of George Washington in Austin, Texas, U.S.
George Washington is an outdoor 1955 bronze sculpture by Italian American artist Pompeo Coppini, located on the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, in the United States.[1]
Background
Coppini sculpted three distinct statues of Washington. The first was installed in 1912 in Mexico City. The second was created to commemorate the 1926 sesquicentennial of the Declaration of Independence and was dedicated in Portland in 1927. The third statue was installed in February 1955 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
See also
- 1955 in art
- List of monuments dedicated to George Washington
- List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
- List of statues of George Washington
References
- ^ McCann, Mac (May 29, 2015). "Written in Stone: History of racism lives on in UT monuments". Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
External links
- Media related to George Washington (Coppini, 1955) at Wikimedia Commons
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