Leopold Scholz

Leopold Scholz (1877–1946) Austrian born American sculptor best known for his works in the National Statuary Hall Collection housed in the US Capitol in Washington D.C.^[1]

In 1921 Scholz married sculptor Belle Kinney Scholz and much of his best known work was executed with her.

IN 1938 Scholz created a statue under the auspices of the WPA, Postman, for the Chattanooga Post Office, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The statue, a bust from the waist up, portrays a postman dressing in the 1930s uniform, with a look of determination on his face that reminds us that the mail will be delivered no matter what the obstacles might be."^[2]

Work

• Andrew Jackson statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C., with Belle Kinney 1927
• John Sevier statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, with Belle Kinney, 1931
• Victory statue, Bronx County World War I Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, New York City, with Belle Kinney, 1933
• Victory statue, War Memorial Building, Legislative Plaza, Nashville, with Belle Kinney, 1929
• Pediment sculptures of the Nashville Parthenon, with Belle Kinney, 1920-30^[3]
• Postman, Chattanooga Post Office, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1938
• A Pioneer Woman's Bravery, a cast stone bas relief, WPA project for the USPO, Angola, New York, 1940 ^[4]

References

1. Architect of the Capitol, ‘’Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol’’, United States Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 244, 259
2. Hill, Howard, ‘’Tennessee Post Office Murals,’’ The Overmountain Press, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1996 pp. 21-23
3. Creighton, Wilbur F., ‘’The Parthenon In Nashville: From a personal viewpoint’’, 1968, self published p. 36
4. Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Angola Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-07