FINKE, Leonda Froelich (1922- ) sculptor.
Married name: Mrs. Arnold I. Finke.
Born Brooklyn, New York, 1922.
Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
Speaker at NYNC on 9 June 2000 on “Medals and
Sculpture: In the Tradition and Out of It.”
Member: American Medallic Sculpture Association.
Awarded: J. Sanford Saltus Medal for Medallic Art by
American Numismatic Society, 1997.
Winner 1970 National Sculpture Society Lindsey Morris
Prize for best bas-relief (including medallic art).
Awarded American Numismatic Association’s Award for
Excellence in Medallic Sculpture (formerly called Medallist
of the Year), 2006, the 37th such recipient of this award.
C A S T M E D A L S
1983 Dickinson (Emily) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition ANS, ANA . . p 27
1983 Wolf (Virginia) A Room of One's Own Medal. . . . . .
Exhibited: AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition ANS, ANA . . p 27
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
1985 O'Keeffe (Georgia) Orchid Medallion. . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:120
Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 20 Congress, Stockholm (1985) 174
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 2
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 74, 75
1987 Survivors Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:118
Exhibited: AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibition. . . p 4
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 2
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 17
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 70, 71
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
Illustrated: F.I.D.E.M. Catalog (1987) 1414, p . . . 397
Illustrated: P9 Médallies (1987) both sides, page. . 96
1988 Emerging Woman Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:119
Exhibited: AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibition. . . p 4
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 86, 87
1988 Prodigal Son Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Illustrated: P8 Medallic Sculpture 5 (Fall 1989) Covers
1989 Claudel (Camille) In Memory of The Sculptor Art Medal
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 15
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 72, 73
1991 Graham (Martha) Clytemnestra Plaquette . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1993.56.1
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 88, 89
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
1992 Max Som Lecture (The) Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1992 Solitude and Loneliness Art Medal. . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 78, 79
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1992 Storm and Shelter Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 16
1993 Death By Random Gunfire Art FMedal . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1993 Famine and Hunger Medal of Dishonor. . . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . 1994.138.1
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 84, 85
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1993 Homeless and Nameless Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 80, 81
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1994 In Praise of Life Drawing Art Medal. . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 76, 77
1994 Rape Companion of War Medal of Dishonor. . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 82, 83
1994 Som (Max) Lecture Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 89, 90
1995ca American Academy of Otolaryngology Centennial Medal
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 6
1995ca Hannah–Her Despair/Her Desire Art Medal. . . .
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 9
1995 Royal Philharmonic Opera 50th Anniversary Medal (obv
port Leonard Bernstein). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 8
1995ca Song Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 7
2000 Kollwitz (Kathe) War No More Plaquette . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 35-36
Illustrated: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) p 35
2000 Mid XX Century Evil The Abyss Renewal. . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 39-40
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
2000 Mid XX Century Evil Angel of Death Wittnesses Art Medal
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 37-38
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
2001 Times of Terror 9.11.01 Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF28 {2002} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Paris, p . 52
Illustrated: The Medal :41 (Autum 2002) page . . . . 93
2009 Taylor (Aaiken) Award Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF31a {2010} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Finland p . .6
R E L I E F S
1968 Woolf (Virginia) With Asphodel Relief. . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AE8 {1969} NSS 36th Exhibition cat, illus. 70
Illustrated: P8 Medallic Sculpture 6 (Fall 1990) page 22
1969 Dickinson (Emily) Medallion Relief . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AE8 {1971} NSS 38th Exhibition cat, illus. . 84
M E D A L S E R I E S
Society of Medalists:
1988 Society of Medalists 117th Issue . . . . . . MAco 1930-001-117
Auctions:. . . . . PCA 58:1917, PCA 60:1534, PCA 63:1768,
PCA 66:1251, PCA 71:1329
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . . 1990.38.2
Illustrated: M68 {2012} Alexander. Am Art Medals, p .250
Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:
2007 Brookgreen Gardens 75th Anniversary Medal. . . . . .Series 35
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 80:1636
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BW1{1969} Who's Who American Women, p 399.
BA {1973} Who's Who In American Art: 1973 [11ed:231], 1976 [12ed:174],
1978 [13ed:216], 1980 [14ed:229],
1982 [15ed:292], 1984 [16ed:288],
1986 [17ed:315], 1989 [18ed:331],
1990 [19ed:346], 1992 [20ed:263-364],
1995 [21ed:375], 1997 [22ed:371],
1999 [23ed:378], 2001 [24ed:370],
2003 [25ed:378], 2005 [25:399].
BW6 {1990} Rubinstein, p 374.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 223.
A43 {1993} Salmon, p 192-196, (biblio) 281.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1121.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition: American Numismatic Soc, American Numismatic
Assn, and Old Mint San Francisco (1983) p 27.
AF20 {1985} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 20th Congress. Stockholm (1985) 175, p 31.
AF21 {1987} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 21st Congress. Colorado Springs (1987) 1414, p 397.
AE {1988} AMSA Directory of Artists.
AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibititon (1988) p 4.
P5 {1988} New Shape of Medals; The Form Helps Tell The Story. Coinage 24:9
(September 1988) p 16-17, 104, 106 (Finke's Prodigal Son).
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.
AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit, p 2, 4.
AM {1992} AMSA Directory of Artists.
AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show, NYC (1992) p 1.
P8 {1993} Finke (Leonda) Medals and Drawing. Medallic Sculpture (October 1993) p 1439-1441.
AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit (1994-95) p 11.
P8 {1994} Finke (Leonda) Modeling a Medal Directly in Plaster. Medallic Sculpture (July 1994), p 1016-1017.
AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit (1996) p 3.
AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition, 6-9, p 4a.
AM12{2002} AMSA Hands Across The Sea Exhibition Catalog, 35-40, p 34-35
AF28 {2002} F.I.D.E.M. Paris Catalog, p 52.
DA {2007} AMSA Members Directory, [p 12].
N40 {2009} Kleeberg and Alexander, p 449.
AF31a {2010} FIDEM XXXI U.S.A. Exhibitors, AMSA Members Exchange (June 2010)
page 6, illus.
M68 {2012} Alexander (David Thompson) American Art Medals, 1909-1995; The
Circle of Friends of Medallion and the Society of Medalists, p 250-251.
Married name: Mrs. Arnold I. Finke.
Born Brooklyn, New York, 1922.
Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
Speaker at NYNC on 9 June 2000 on “Medals and
Sculpture: In the Tradition and Out of It.”
Member: American Medallic Sculpture Association.
Awarded: J. Sanford Saltus Medal for Medallic Art by
American Numismatic Society, 1997.
Winner 1970 National Sculpture Society Lindsey Morris
Prize for best bas-relief (including medallic art).
Awarded American Numismatic Association’s Award for
Excellence in Medallic Sculpture (formerly called Medallist
of the Year), 2006, the 37th such recipient of this award.
C A S T M E D A L S
1983 Dickinson (Emily) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition ANS, ANA . . p 27
1983 Wolf (Virginia) A Room of One's Own Medal. . . . . .
Exhibited: AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition ANS, ANA . . p 27
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
1985 O'Keeffe (Georgia) Orchid Medallion. . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:120
Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 20 Congress, Stockholm (1985) 174
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 2
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 74, 75
1987 Survivors Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:118
Exhibited: AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibition. . . p 4
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 2
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 17
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 70, 71
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
Illustrated: F.I.D.E.M. Catalog (1987) 1414, p . . . 397
Illustrated: P9 Médallies (1987) both sides, page. . 96
1988 Emerging Woman Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:119
Exhibited: AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibition. . . p 4
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 86, 87
1988 Prodigal Son Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Illustrated: P8 Medallic Sculpture 5 (Fall 1989) Covers
1989 Claudel (Camille) In Memory of The Sculptor Art Medal
Exhibited: AF22 {1990} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Helsinki.
Exhibited: AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit . . p 4
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 15
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 72, 73
1991 Graham (Martha) Clytemnestra Plaquette . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1993.56.1
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 88, 89
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
1992 Max Som Lecture (The) Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1992 Solitude and Loneliness Art Medal. . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 78, 79
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1992 Storm and Shelter Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show. . 16
1993 Death By Random Gunfire Art FMedal . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1993 Famine and Hunger Medal of Dishonor. . . . . . . . .
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . 1994.138.1
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 84, 85
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1993 Homeless and Nameless Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 80, 81
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
1994 In Praise of Life Drawing Art Medal. . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 76, 77
1994 Rape Companion of War Medal of Dishonor. . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 82, 83
1994 Som (Max) Lecture Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit 89, 90
1995ca American Academy of Otolaryngology Centennial Medal
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 6
1995ca Hannah–Her Despair/Her Desire Art Medal. . . .
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 9
1995 Royal Philharmonic Opera 50th Anniversary Medal (obv
port Leonard Bernstein). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit p 3
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 8
1995ca Song Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition . . 7
2000 Kollwitz (Kathe) War No More Plaquette . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 35-36
Illustrated: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) p 35
2000 Mid XX Century Evil The Abyss Renewal. . . . . . . .
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 39-40
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
2000 Mid XX Century Evil Angel of Death Wittnesses Art Medal
Exhibited: Hands Across The Sea (AMSA 2001-2002) . 37-38
Exhibited: AM13 {2002} AMSA Exhibition Old Lyme Academy
2001 Times of Terror 9.11.01 Art Medal. . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF28 {2002} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Paris, p . 52
Illustrated: The Medal :41 (Autum 2002) page . . . . 93
2009 Taylor (Aaiken) Award Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AF31a {2010} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibit, Finland p . .6
R E L I E F S
1968 Woolf (Virginia) With Asphodel Relief. . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AE8 {1969} NSS 36th Exhibition cat, illus. 70
Illustrated: P8 Medallic Sculpture 6 (Fall 1990) page 22
1969 Dickinson (Emily) Medallion Relief . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: AE8 {1971} NSS 38th Exhibition cat, illus. . 84
M E D A L S E R I E S
Society of Medalists:
1988 Society of Medalists 117th Issue . . . . . . MAco 1930-001-117
Auctions:. . . . . PCA 58:1917, PCA 60:1534, PCA 63:1768,
PCA 66:1251, PCA 71:1329
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . . 1990.38.2
Illustrated: M68 {2012} Alexander. Am Art Medals, p .250
Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:
2007 Brookgreen Gardens 75th Anniversary Medal. . . . . .Series 35
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 80:1636
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
BW1{1969} Who's Who American Women, p 399.
BA {1973} Who's Who In American Art: 1973 [11ed:231], 1976 [12ed:174],
1978 [13ed:216], 1980 [14ed:229],
1982 [15ed:292], 1984 [16ed:288],
1986 [17ed:315], 1989 [18ed:331],
1990 [19ed:346], 1992 [20ed:263-364],
1995 [21ed:375], 1997 [22ed:371],
1999 [23ed:378], 2001 [24ed:370],
2003 [25ed:378], 2005 [25:399].
BW6 {1990} Rubinstein, p 374.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 223.
A43 {1993} Salmon, p 192-196, (biblio) 281.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1121.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AM1 {1983} AMSA Exhibition: American Numismatic Soc, American Numismatic
Assn, and Old Mint San Francisco (1983) p 27.
AF20 {1985} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 20th Congress. Stockholm (1985) 175, p 31.
AF21 {1987} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 21st Congress. Colorado Springs (1987) 1414, p 397.
AE {1988} AMSA Directory of Artists.
AM3 {1988} AMSA Traveling Exhibititon (1988) p 4.
P5 {1988} New Shape of Medals; The Form Helps Tell The Story. Coinage 24:9
(September 1988) p 16-17, 104, 106 (Finke's Prodigal Son).
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.
AM4 {1990} AMSA Newark Museum Exhibit, p 2, 4.
AM {1992} AMSA Directory of Artists.
AM5 {1992} AMSA Cast Iron Gallery Show, NYC (1992) p 1.
P8 {1993} Finke (Leonda) Medals and Drawing. Medallic Sculpture (October 1993) p 1439-1441.
AM6 {1994} AMSA The New Medal Exhibit (1994-95) p 11.
P8 {1994} Finke (Leonda) Modeling a Medal Directly in Plaster. Medallic Sculpture (July 1994), p 1016-1017.
AM8 {1996} AMSA Newark Museum II Exhibit (1996) p 3.
AM9 {1997} AMSA/BAMS 2 Sides Exhibition, 6-9, p 4a.
AM12{2002} AMSA Hands Across The Sea Exhibition Catalog, 35-40, p 34-35
AF28 {2002} F.I.D.E.M. Paris Catalog, p 52.
DA {2007} AMSA Members Directory, [p 12].
N40 {2009} Kleeberg and Alexander, p 449.
AF31a {2010} FIDEM XXXI U.S.A. Exhibitors, AMSA Members Exchange (June 2010)
page 6, illus.
M68 {2012} Alexander (David Thompson) American Art Medals, 1909-1995; The
Circle of Friends of Medallion and the Society of Medalists, p 250-251.