Harry Weber (sculptor)
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Early life

Harry Weber was born in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 in 1942 where he attended St. Louis Country Day School (now known as MICDS) and educated at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 where he studied art history.
Following his education, Weber served six years in the United States Navy
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. This included a year on river patrol boats in Vietnam where he compiled a compelling series of drawings chronicling his experiences there.

Recognition

Weber's sculptures have won major awards at national juried competitions, and are in private collections in the United States
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 and abroad. His work has appeared on the covers of several national magazines. He has installed work in twelve different states and the Bahamas.

His sculptures have been featured at the Museum of Fine Art in Newport, Rhode Island
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 and are in the permanent collections of the National Dog Museum and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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 in Cooperstown, New York
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. A selection of his Vietnam war sketches are being shown in behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior Project
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 in Mobile, Alabama
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Two of his sculptural groups have been designated National Lewis and Clark sites by the Federal Parks Department. This includes a twice life sized grouping of Lewis and Clark on the St. Louis Riverfront which commemorated the final celebration of the bicentennial of the expedition. He was selected in 2010, in a national competition, to do the Statue of Dred Scott
Dred Scott
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 and Harriet Scott which is to be installed at the Old Courthouse (St. Louis, Missouri) where the Supreme Court Decision was made.
His sculptures of famous sports figures are prominent features at twelve different professional and amateur stadiums, including Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium
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 in St. Louis, MO, the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, and Kauffman Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
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 in Kansas City, Missouri
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. In 2011 he was named the Sports Sculptor of the Year by the United States Sports Academy
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