C. Paul Jennewein Sculptor

Classical and art deco sculptor Paul Jennewein was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1890 and worked under artisans at the Stuttgart art museum from the tender age of 13 where he learned techniques of casting, modeling, and painting. Jennewein lived in Larchmont, New York, from 1924 until he died at the age of 88 in 1978. His most well known works are: four stone pylons for the 1939 World's Fair representing the Four Elements; two pylons, painted in the Egyptian style (very modern for the times) that flank the entrance to the Brooklyn Public Library; the sculptural decoration, including statues, pediments, and reliefs, for the U.S. Department of Justice Building; the main entrance of the British Empire Building at Rockefeller Center; an elegant allegorical set of relief panels in the White House Executive Mansion; various marble sculptures at the entrance to the Rayburn House of Representatives Office Building; and thirteen sculptures of Greek deity in the central pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the Architectural League.