User:Antiquedave/Alvin meyer

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Alvin Meyer was born in 1892

His first wife passed away shortly after the birth of his only child, a daughter.

Meyer won the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1923, the prize was offerred by the American Academy in Rome and was one of three annual awards, the others being in painting and architecture. At the time of the award Meyer was a student at the Academy.

Myers became the head of Holabird and Roots Architectural Department.

He remarried in 1943 to Dr. Edith Potter

Alvin Meyer passed away in 1972 in Fort Meyers Florida where he had a home and studio. During his time in Florida he also taught students and continued watercolor painting. he was able to capture many scenes along the coastline before developers came in and changed the area forever.

Meyer was well known as an art deco sculptor but he painted as well. He travelled extensively and captured many local scenes in the areas he visited in Italy, Mexico, Guatamala, Egypt and other exotic locales.

Among the Sculptural works accredited to his name are the Ohio Judicial Center which opened in 1933. At the time the building was completed it was known as Ohio's Pride.

The Chicago Board of Trade CBOT building incorporates the work of Meyers and has a thirty one foot statue of the Goddess Ceres which is faceless. At the time of its construction it was the tallest building in Chicago and the sculptor John Storrs did not believe that a building taller than 45 stories would be built, hence the faceless statue. The CBOT remained the tallest building until 1965 when it was superceded by the Richard J Daly building in 1965.

Riverside Plaza http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7HRN_Riverside_Plaza_Building_Reliefs_Chicago_IL

A reknowned sculptor Meyer worked in multiple mediums, his sculpture "Solveig" of a young woman with braided hair was carved from Black marble and is currently part of the Peabody Collection owned by the State of Maryland. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4600/sc4680/html/meyer.html