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Augusta Stylianou Gallery 
Adolph Gustav Wolter van R Wolter (September 7, 1903 - October 15, 1980) German born American sculptor, educator and carver. Wolter was born in Reutlingen, Germany. His father was a stone carver and Wolter apprenticed with him before enrolling in the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. In 1922 he immigrated to the United States moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1933 he arrived in Indianapolis, Indiana to carve the reliefs (created by Leon Hermant) on the state library building and stayed in Indiana for the remainder of his life. He graduated from the Herron School of Art and later taught there. He also taught at the Indiana College of Mortuary Science as a professor of "restorative art, " "apparently using his understanding of anatomy to help morticians repair the faces of those who had been in accidents." [1] The use of sculptors to aid in the facial reconstruction of war veterans had already been pioneered by sculptor and medical doctor R. Tait McKenzie ,author of the book Reclaiming the Maimed. [2] Wolter is remembered for creating both public monuments and architectural sculpture. * carved relief panels for the Indiana State Library Building. 1933 * Four Freedoms Monument, White Chapel Cemetery, Troy, Michigan 1948 * Syrinx, University Park, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1973 * A Glimpse of White Chapel: Where Memory Lives in Beauty, White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy MI, n.d. * Goode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1974 * Greiff, Glory June, Remembrance, Faith & Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana, Indiana Historical Society Press, Indianapolis, 2005 * Hussey, Christopher, Tait McKenzie: A Sculptor of Youth, J.B.Lippencott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1930 * Kvaran and Lockley, Guide to the Architectural Sculpture of America, http://www.archsculptbooks.com * Exclusive wikipedia interview with Wotler family member. References 1. ^ interview with family member. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Artist Index ==--==--==
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