Walker Hancock

Walker Hancock studied at Washington University in St. Louis, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.

Works recorded as notable number 3: Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial, Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial and Soldiers' Memorial.

Walker Hancock received Rome Prize, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom and J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award. Work by Walker Hancock is held by Smithsonian American Art Museum.

22 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1728 to 1957.

Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial, dated 1952. Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, dated 1917. Andrew W. Mellon, dated 1954, held by Q214867, inventory 1954.21.1. Statue of James Madison. Torso, dated 1927, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1983.29. There Will Be Other Towers for Thee to Build, dated 1940, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1972.167.3. Fallen Boxer, dated 1934, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2000.20.1. Dwight David Eisenhower Presidential Inaugural Medal, dated 1953, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2012.4.1. Dwight David Eisenhower Inaugural Medal, dated 1953, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2014.29.12. Dwight David Eisenhower and Richard Milhous Nixon Inaugural Medal, dated 1957, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2014.29.13. Victory of Man and Nature Over the Powers of Destruction, dated 1940, bronze, dark brown patina, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 40.180.2. Medal: Victory of Man and Nature Over the Powers of Destruction, dated 1940, bronze, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1940.1199. Medal: Victory of Man and Nature over the Powers of Destruction (obverse), dated 1940, bronze, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1940.1199.a. Medal: Victory of Man and Nature over the Powers of Destruction (reverse), dated 1940, bronze, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1940.1199.b. Group and portrait photographs, including the staff of No. 25 General Hospital, Bangor, Northern Ireland, 1942; buglers and boys, 1940; E.J. Underwood and B. Hancock; and presentation of the Military Medal to Sergeant Alexander Walker, dated 1940-1942, held by Wellcome Collection. The holy walk and glorious translation of blessed Enoch . A sermon preached at the lecture in Boston, two days after the death of the Reverend and learned Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. Who departed this life, Febr. 13. 1728. aetat. 65. By Benjamin Colman., dated 1728, held by Wellcome Collection. Adamson Collection: subjects arising in the course of art therapy sessions. Paintings and drawings by people with mental illness, with the support of Edward Adamson, ca. 1946-1990., dated [1946?-1990], held by Wellcome Collection. Letter Book, S M Burroughs & Co, dated 14 February - 8 December 1879, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence, dated 1930-1986, held by Wellcome Collection. Mellanby, Sir Edward, dated 1896-1974, held by Wellcome Collection. Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1866), dated 1790-1872, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 7 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Andrew W. Mellon collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Hancock, Walker, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Hancock, Walker, Oxford Art Online, 2011. Argument of Empire: By W. K. Hancock, International Affairs Review Supplement, 1943.

This heading is established in VIAF (93745716). Those registers additionally record the forms Walker Hancock American artist and Monuments Man, Walker Hancock, 1901-, Walker Hancock, Amerikaans beeldhouwer (1901-1998), Walker Hancock, escultor norte-americano, Walker Hancock, US-amerikanischer Bildhauer, Walker Hancock, ealaíontóir Meiriceánach, Walker Hancock, artist amerikan, Walker Hancock, artista estadounidense and Walker Hancock, sculpteur américain.

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

A Sculptor's Fortunes (1997) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 5 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Walker Hancock studied at Washington University in St. Louis, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.

Employment is recorded with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Membership is recorded of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works named in the authority record are Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial, Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial and Soldiers' Memorial.

Work by Walker Hancock is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Rome Prize, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom and J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award.