Leo Friedlander

At 12 years old, Friedlander studied at the Art Students League in New York City. In 1908, he traveled to Europe, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels and Paris, returning to work in New York City in 1911. In 1913, he was awarded a three-year fellowship to the American Academy in Rome, where he honed his skills and explored classical works, while also teaching, until returning to New York City. ==Career==

Following the end of WWI, Friedlander spent time working as an assistant to each of Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Paul Manship, while stating to attract independent commissions for his own work. The bridge was completed in 1932, while debate over the planned statues continued; the models were finalized in 1933, but the impact of the Great Depression, followed by WWII, meant that the statues were not cast until 1950, and erected in 1951. In addition to large public works, Friedlander also created smaller pieces for private sale, such as his tall Female Warrior, designed , while still on his fellowship to the American Academy in Rome. He took on commissions into his 70s, such as the Christ statue, at the entrance to Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., completed in 1960. ==Academia and appointments==

In 1936, Frielander was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1949. ==Personal life==

Friedlander was married to Rhoda Freda Lichter, for whom he sculpted a portrait in monumental marble portrait, Rhoda Freda Friedlander; the couple and had two children. He died in 1966, at age 78, in White Plains. == Public works ==

• Sculptures on the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania (dedicated 1917) • Reliefs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building, Washington, D.C. (1925) • The central pediment at the Museum of the City of New York (1930) • Sculpted reliefs, Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, Alabama (1931) • Pylons, Social Science Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago (1932; dismantled 1934, with entire exposition grounds) • Covered Wagon sculptural panels, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR (1934) • Lewis and Clark sculptural panels, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR (1934) • Pioneer Woman Statue, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX (1938) • Reliefs on the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City (1939) • Roger Williams Statue, Prospect Terrace Park, Providence, RI (1939) • Four Freedoms statues, Religion, Speech, Press, and Assembly, New York World's Fair (1939; dismantled 1940s, with significant portion of the pavilions and works) • The Arts of War statues, Sacrifice and Valor, flanking the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. (models 1933, cast 1950) • Harmony bronze medal, commissioned by Society of Medalists (1949), gifted to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (1950) • Memory, Virginia War Memorial, Richmond, VA (1956) • Christ statue, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. (1960) • Relief of angel, and the bronze doors with eight panels below it, on the memorial at Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg (dedicated 1960) • Sculptured Clock, House of Representatives, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. • Bacchante, bronze statue, Metropolitan Museum of Art == Images ==

File:Friedlander ArtsofWar.jpg|The Arts of War, Washington, D.C. File:BasRelief1ORCapitol.jpg|Lewis and Clark, Salem, Oregon File:BasRelief2ORCapitol.jpg|Covered Wagon, Salem, Oregon == References ==