Vincent Glinsky
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COMMISSIONS, AWARDS, HONORS, COLLECTIONS


Vincent Glinsky's "Seal"
in carrara marble, outdoor fountain, Florida

1923-24-- Ford Motor Company Building, Detroit, MI: decorative keystone models
1924-25-- Fred F. French Building (NYC): 19 decorative bronze panels, exterior panels, two sculptural decorations over entrances; letterbox design
1925-- Maccabees Building, Detroit, MI: two cornice models; interior sculptural decorations for bronze doors and other decorations; model for 6' eagle for keystone
1925-- First National Bank of Commerce, New Orleans, LA: 12 decorative sculpture panels for bronze elevator doors
1930-- Rutgers University/NJ College for Women: Portrait of James Nelson
1933-34-- The Public Works of Art project (PWAP)
1935-- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship: Creative Sculpture
1936-38-- Treasury Relief Art Project (TWAP)
1936-- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: George D. Widener Gold Medal
1938-- U.S. Navy: Expeditionary Medal
1938-43-- WPA Federal Art Project
1938-- U.S. Post Office, Union City, PA: Mahogany bas-relief
1939-- U.S. Post Office, Weirton, West Va: Cast stone bas-relief
1940-- U.S. Post Office, Hudson, NY: Cast Stone bas-relief panels
1941-- U.S. Navy: Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Jr., portrait bust (at Naval Historical Center)
1945-- American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters: Grant
1946-- Brookgreen Gardens, SC: "Awakening" in Tennessee Marble, 5' long
1948-- Herbert M. Howe Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1948-- Golden Anniversary of the City of New York: Citation in Medal Competition
1951-- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: eight aluminum panels for elevator door decorations (expanded versions in lobby added later)
1951-- New York Board of Education: Commemorative Plaque
1954-- Architectural League of New York: National Gold Medal Exhibition Honorable Mention
1955-- Shell Oil Company: Carol Lane Safety Award Sculpture
1956-- Sun and Surf Beach Club, Atlantic Beach, NY: Wall reliefs, wire mobile decorations
1956-- Adelphi College: Trophy Competition, First Prize
1956-- Architectural League of NY: Henry O. Avery Award for small sculpture
1958-- National Arts Club: Medal of Honor
1960-- St. Paul's College, Washington, D.C.: Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine (Limestone, 8' high, for garden)
1963-- George Washington Memorial Park (formerly "All Faiths Memorial Tower"), Paramus, NJ: Bronze wall relief fountain, "The Waters of Life."
1963-- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C.: Portrait head of Eleanor Roosevelt. Copies went to Wiltwyck School for Boys, NY; Roosevelt House, Hunter College, NY
1965-- James A. Farley: Portrait head
1967-- NYU Hall of Fame for Great Americans: portrait of Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer
1967-- Audubon Artists: Silver Anniversary Medal
1967-- National Sculpture Society: Gold Medal
1968-- National Commemorative Society: Theodore Roosevelt coin-medal
1968-- National Sculpture Society: C. Percival Dietsch Prize
1970-- National Academy of Design: Ellin P. Speyer Prize
1970-- National Academy of Design: "Prayer for Peace"
1972-- National Sculpture Society: Bronze Medal
1975-- Tupperware World Headquarters, Orlando, FL: "Seal" in Carrara Marble, 6' high for outdoor pool. Dedicated posthumously

1984--The Dreamer, Brookgreen Gardens

Vincent Glinsky
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