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Walter Winans

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Walter W. Winans (1852 - 1920) was active/lived in Maryland / England, France, Russian Federation.  Walter Winans is known for Horse and western theme sculpture.

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 Born in St. Petersburg, Russia to wealthy American parents, Walter Winans was known for his hunting, trotting-horse racing skills and realist sculpture of racehorses, cowboys and Indians.

As a recognized sculptor, he earned an Olympic gold medal in Stockholm in 1912 for his bronze, An American Trotter.  Winans as a sharpshooter was described in Cybershooters, an internet source for sporting-gun enthusiasts, as "one of the greatest pistol shots of the late 19th and early 29th centuries."  He won two Olympic medals for competitive shooting, a Gold Medal in 1908 in London and a Silver Medal in Stockholm.

Although he was an American citizen whose family was rooted in Vermont, Maryland, and New Jersey, Winans did not come to America until 1910, when he was fifty-eight years old.  In Scotland, he held hunting and shooting rights over nearly 250,000 acres.

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.  There are 10 similar (related) artists for Walter Winans available:    Charles Humphriss,  Cyrus Dallin,  Pierre Jules (PJ) Mene,  Robert Lewis Reid,  Boris Lovet-Lorski,  Hermann Ottomar Herzog,  Sanford Robinson Gifford,  Guy Pene Du Bois,  Aaron Bohrod,  William Zorach



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9 Book References for Walter Winans
Year Author Title Pages Color
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1994 Anderson, Ronald/Anne Koval James McNeill Whistler Beyond the Myth 544 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1913 Editors Who's Who in American Art, 1913 American Art Annual 0 No
1910 Winans, Walter Hints on Revolver Shooting 0 No
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