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HANCOCK, Walker Kirtland  (1901-1998) sculptor, medalist.
          Born Saint Louis, Missouri, 28 June 1901.
          Produced American medals in seven decades, a record.

          He was sculptor-in-residence at American Academy in
          Rome (1956-57, 1962-63), Stone Mountain Georgia (1965),
          and was longtime instructor in sculpture at Pennsylvania
          Academy of Fine Arts (1929-1967).
          
          First visited Gloucester in 1921, acquired a tract of an
          abandoned rock query land, built a studio there and
          later moved there permanently.
            
          Created hundreds of realistic sculptural works. Most noted:
            bust of first President Bush in U.S. Capitol, monumental
            statue of James Madison in Library of Congress Madison
            Building, and his largest, a 39 foot bronze angel in 30th
            Street Station, Philadelphia.

          Signed models WH monogram or initials.
          Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
          Academician: National Academy of Arts and Letters.
          Awarded: J. Sanford Saltus Medal for Medallic Art by
          American Numismatic Society, 1953.
          Awarded Widener Gold Medal (1925), Proctor Prize (1959).
          Awarded 1941 National Sculpture Society Lindsey Morris
          Prize for best bas-relief (including medallic art).
          Died 30 December 1998 at age 97.

          D  E  C  O  R  A  T  I  O  N  S

1929 United States Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal . . .
1942 United States Air Medal. . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1943-032
          Auctions:. . . . . . J&J 23:548, J&J 24:329, J&J 25:1141
          Collection: Princeton Library Newman (NC010)  1941-12-7a

          E   M   B   L   E   M   S
1953 Eisenhower (Dwight David) Inaugural Medal
          Charm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1952-055
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 69:189

          R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1941 Father of the Sculptor Terra Cotta Relief. . . . . .
1949 Jefferson (Thomas) Marble Relief . . . . . . . . . .
1950 Deanie Terra Cotta Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1965 Massachusetts Congressional Medal of Honor Plaque. .

          M  E  D  A  L     S  E  R  I  E  S

Society of Medalists:
1940 Society of Medalists 22nd Issue . . . . . . MAco 1930-001-022
Auctions:. . . .  CAL 28:898, CAL 30:22, CAL 31:155-156,
            CAL 33:3022, CAL 35:2022; J&J 7:421, J&J 9:389,
            J&J 11:1022; PCA 43:1260, PCA 48:1466, PCA 52:
            PCA 72:1779, PCA 80:1598, PCA 80:363[silver]
          Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1940.189.2
          Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery . . . . . . . .199
          Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . .40.180.1
          Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC2002-72) . 201
          Exhibited: AF6 {1955} F.I.D.E.M. Stockholm (1955). .  23
          Exhibited: AF7 {1957} F.I.D.E.M. Paris (1957). . . . . . 198
          Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 201

          Hall of Fame Series:

1963 Foster (Stephen C.) Medal. . . . . . . . .  MAco 1963-001-016
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 11:684; CAL 28:463;
                    PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94], PCA 78:1449
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . 1980.150.12
          Illustrated: AF12 (1967) F.I.D.E.M. Catalog 292, p [118]

          M   E   D   A   L   S
Picture
1925 Hardaway (William Augustus) Medal. . . . . .  MAco 1925-015
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 21:1064, J&J 25:55
1927 Ornate Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1930 Scott (Arthur Hoyt) Medal. . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1930-056
1930 United Service Athletic Fraternity Medal . .  MAco 31930-030
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 69:401, PCA 75:440
1930 United States Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal . . .
1933 Air Mail Flyer's Medal of Honor. . . . . . . . . . .
1937 Fairmount Park Art Association Medal of Honor MAco 1937-036
1938 Garden Club of America Bulkley Medal . . . . . MAco 1938-007
          Auctions:. . . . .  J&J 8:1475, J&J 13:395, J&J 21:1328, J&J 25:1346
1941 Brown (Frank P.) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1941-002
1941 Hancock (Walker Scott) Plaquette . . . . . .  MAco 1946-030
1947 Bruning (Charles) Company 50th Anniv Medal .  MAco 1947-010
1951 Franklin Institute Frank P. Brown Medal. . . . . . . 
1952 Gloucester (City of) Mariner's Medal . . . .  MAco 1953-028
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . .  1980.153.1
Picture
1953 American Artist Magazine Medal of Honor. . .  MAco 1953-013
1953 Eisenhower (Dwight David) Inaugural Medal. . MAco 1952-055,
                                                                                                          Levine DDE 1953
          Auctions:. . .  BMP 2:5825-5828, BMP 2:5845; CAL 28:612,
                    CAL 29:888, CAL 30:577, CAL 30:2086, CAL 32:1969,
                    CAL 33:1697; J&J 7:351-352, J&J 9:720, J&J 10:1784,
                    J&J 11:973, J&J 15:299, J&J 18:559, J&J 22:1040,
                    J&J 23:762, J&J 24:665, J&J 26:660, J&J 27:979;
                    PCA 42:323, PCA 43:40, PCA 44:262, PCA 46:184,
                    PCA 46:1012-1013, PCA 47:330, PCA 50:1140,
                    PCA 51:848, PCA 59:383, PCA 59:1766, PCA 60:1230,
                    PCA 61:252, PCA 61:1189, PCA 63:1418, PCA 64:304-306,
                    PCA 64:1848, PCA 65:1546, PCA 66:1117, PCA 67:254,
                    PCA 68:268, PCA 68:1471, PCA 69:188, PCA 69:1376,
                    PCA 70:305, PCA 71:34-35, PCA 71:1055-1056,
                    PCA 73:467,PCA 80:268, PCA 74:489, PCA 78:342[silver],,
                    PCA 80:1416, PCA 81:363-364[silver], PCA 81:1357[silver],
                    PCA 81:1358-1359, PCA 82:233[silver], PCA 84:273,
                    PCA 84:865
          Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1955.54.427
          Exhibited: AF6 {1955} F.I.D.E.M. Stockholm (1955). .  24
          Illustrated: Nat Sculpture Review 3:1 (Spring 1953) p 15
1954 Mellon (Andrew W.) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Picture
1955 Rhoads (Cornelius P.) Medal. . . . . . . . .  MAco 1955-057
1957 Eisenhower (Dwight David) and Richard Nixon Second
          Inaugural Medal. . . . . . . MAco 1956-062, Levine DDE 1957
          Auctions:. . . . . . BMP 1:4213, BMP 2:5829, BMP 2:5846;
                    CAL 28:614, CAL 29:889, CAL 30:578, CAL 33:1700;
                    J&J 7:351-353, J&J 8:312, J&J 9:722, J&J 10:1785,
                    J&J 13:696, J&J 17:844, J&J 18:560, J&J 19:1091,
                    J&J 24:667, J&J 25:409, J&J 26:661; PCA 42:325,
                    PCA 43:40A, PCA 46:1014-1017, PCA 47:351,
                    PCA 49:1002, PCA 50:1141-1142, PCA 52:1075,
                    PCA 59:385, PCA 59:1767, PCA 60:242, PCA 60:1233,
                    PCA 61:254, PCA 61:1190, PCA 63:1419,
                    PCA 64:307-308, PCA 64:1852, PCA 65:1547,
                    PCA 67:255, PCA 67:762, PCA 68:269, PCA 68:1472,
                    PCA 69:190, PCA 69:1377, PCA 70:306, PCA 71:36,
                    PCA 73:469, PCA 75:262-263, PCA 80:269,
                    PCA 81:365[silver], PCA 81:1360-1363, PCA 82:234[silver],
                    PCA 84:274, PCA 84:866
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1957.30.1
1958 American Society for Experimental Pathology Parke
          Davis Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1958-023
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 8:1520
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1981.7.14
1958 American Society for Experimental Pathology Parke
          Davis Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1958-023
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 8:1520
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1981.7.14
1959 Defiance College Pilgrim Medal [Medallion] (Pilgrim on
          obv, college seal rev; original issue was struck with
          raised lettering on the edge; incuse lettering on
          later issues) [dates/issue]. . . . . . . . . . MAco 1959-007
          Exhibited: AE8 {1978} NSS 45th Exhibition cat, illus  86
1963 Columbia Broadcasting Company Dwight D. Eisenhower
          Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1963-036
1964 Eisenhower (Dwight D.) D-Day Plus 20 Years Medal . .
          Auctions:. . . . . .  PCA 56:274, PCA 61:253, PCA 67:256,
                    PCA 72:458, PCA 73:468, PCA 78:379
1964 Panama Canal Blood Bank Medal (2 kinds). . .  MAco 1964-027
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 22:967; CAL 29:2176
Picture
1968 Portrait of Deanie Medal [daughter of the
          sculptor]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1968-091
1969 Culver Military Academy Delmar Taft Spivey
          Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1969-061
          Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1955.54.427
Picture
1971 Defiance College Seal Medal. . . . . . . . .  MAco 1971-061
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 11:1432, J&J 18:754
1981 Ulrich (Edwin A.) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .

          A  R C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 11 linear ft. on 11 microfilm             
          reels: 1718-1726, 1818, 3946; oral history interview: 3 sound tape reels (6 hours)
          125-page transcript.

          C O L L E C T I O N S

C14  {1996} Marqusee 199, p 40  (biography) 92.

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D8   {1926} Fielding, p 155, 473.
BA   {1937} Who's Who In American Art:
          1937 [1ed:185-186], 1939 [2ed:229],
          1941 [3ed:278-279], 1947 [4ed:209],
          1953 [5ed:173], 1956 [6ed:193],
          1959 [7ed:236], 1962 [8ed:256],
          1966 [9ed:191], 1970 [10ed:169],
          1973 [11ed:302], 1976 [12ed:231],
          1978 [13ed:287], 1980 [14ed:303],
          1982 [15ed:389-390], 1984 [16ed:381],
          1986 [17ed:418], 1989 [18ed:438-439],
          1990 [19ed:461], 1992 [20ed:485],
          1995 [21ed:501], 1997 [22ed:497],
          1999 [23ed:507].
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 660.
Px   {1953} American Artist Magazine Medal of Honor Designed by W. Hancock.              
          American Artist 17: (June 1953) p 70, illus.
A13  {1968} Proske, p 352-354, (biblio) 528.
BF1  {1985} Falk, p 260.
A2x  {1986) Greenthal, Kozol and Ramierz, p 465-468.
D33  {1986} Opitz, p 370.
AE1  {1988} Falk, 3:224.
P30  {1989} Gamarekian (Barbara)  Bush Gives Art Medals To Twelve...                                                 
          [Presentation of National Medal of Arts to Artists, including Walker                                    
          Hancock] New York Times (18 November 1989) p 1.
H52a {1989} The Sculpture of Walker Hancock, April 14 through July 22, 1989.             
          Gloucester, Massachusetts: Cape Ann Historical Association (1989) 75 pages, illus.
AE2  {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 404.
AE5  {1990} National Academy of Design, p 245.
A32  {1993} Reynolds, passim.
A44  {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 34.
H52b {1997} Hancock (Walker)  A Sculptor's Fortunes; A Memoir by Walker                            
          Hancock with Edward C. Lathem. Gloucester, Mass: Cape Ann                              
          Historical Association (1997) 277 pages, illus.
BF2  {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1444.
B13  {2000} Who Was Who, p 12.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 6:1111.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 92.
E6   {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
          Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
AE6 {1929} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 144.
AF6 {1955} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 6th Congress Stockholm (1955) 23, 24, p 19.
AF7 {1957} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 7th Congress Paris (1957) 198, p 21.
Px    {1957} Eisenhower Inaugural Medal Designed by W. Hancock.  American Artist
          17: (April 1953) p 55-59, illus.
S18  {1964} Kerrigan.
AF12 {1967} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 12th Congress. Paris (1967) 292, p 107, [118].
A15  {1971} Vermeule, p 171.
M39 {1981} Levine p 57-60, (biography) 101.
E17  {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 51.
MA1 {1988} Stahl (Alan M. editor) The Medal in America. ¦ Joseph Veach Noble "The    
          Society of Medalists" & Circle of Friends of Medallion, pp 223-247.
P3     {2001} Alexander (David)  A Moment In Time, 1940 Medal Reflects 2001                                     
          Experience. Coin World 42:2170 (12 November 2001) p 68.
M68 {2012} Alexander (David Thompson) American Art Medals, 1909-1995; The
          Circle of Friends of Medallion and the Society of Medalists, p 91-92.
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
-Cornelius C. Vermule III, Curator Emeritus
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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