Egon Weiner (1906 – August 1, 1987) was a Chicago sculptor and longtime professor (1945–1971) at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was known for a 33-foot-tall (10 m) abstract bronze sculpture, , which can be found on the grounds of the Chicago Fire Academy on the spot where, legend has it, Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over the lantern that started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
egon, weiner, 1906, august, 1987, chicago, sculptor, longtime, professor, 1945, 1971, institute, chicago, known, foot, tall, abstract, bronze, sculpture, pillar, fire, which, found, grounds, chicago, fire, academy, spot, where, legend, leary, knocked, over, la. Egon Weiner 1906 August 1 1987 was a Chicago sculptor and longtime professor 1945 1971 at the Art Institute of Chicago He was known for a 33 foot tall 10 m abstract bronze sculpture Pillar of Fire which can be found on the grounds of the Chicago Fire Academy on the spot where legend has it Mrs O Leary s cow knocked over the lantern that started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Egon Weiner s sculpture Pillar of Fire Contents 1 Significant works 2 Books by Weiner 3 Sources 4 Newspaper coverageSignificant works editFrank Lloyd Wright Monument at the entrance of Austin Gardens Oak Park Illinois Books by Weiner editArt and Human Emotions Springfield IL Thomas 1974 Sources editObituary Egon Weiner 81 sculptor created Pillar of Fire Chicago Sun Times August 1 1987 by Leslie Baldacci Newspaper coverage editNumerous articles on Weiner spanning several decades can be found at Google News nbsp This article about an American sculptor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Egon Weiner amp oldid 1087547989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
