Pompeo Coppini

Pompeo Coppini
Pompeo Coppini
	Coppini in 1928
Born	Pompeo Luigo Coppini; 19 May 1870; Moglia, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Died	26 September 1957 (aged 87); San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Citizenship	Italy; United States (from 1902);
Education	Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno; Augusto Rivalta
Known for	Sculpture
Notable work	Partial listing - Sculptures, except where noted Italy The King Humbert Tablet, Royal Museum, Monza; ; Mexico Mexico City; Bust of President Porfirio Diaz; George Washington Monument; ; Kentucky 1911 John Hunt Morgan Memorial, Lexington; ; Michigan 1925 John Ball and Children, Grand Rapids; ; New Jersey Neptune Fountain, Orphan Asylum, Kearny; ; New York 1900 William McKinley; 1930 Spirit of the Rotary; 1931 150th Anniversary Masonic Grand Lodge Plaque, Utica; 1934 Bust of Dr. John Robert Gregg; 1935 Woodrow Wilson; 1933 Memorial to Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge, Staten Island, New York; 1941 George B. Cortelyou; ; Texas 1934 Texas Centennial Half Dollar; Austin; 1901 Texas Confederate Monument, Capitol Grounds; 1903 Victims of the Galveston Flood, UT campus; 1907 Terry's Texas Rangers, Capitol Grounds; 1910 Hood's Brigade, Capitol Grounds; 1912 Stephen F. Austin, Texas State Cemetery; 1915 Joanna Troutman-Designer of the Texas Flag, Texas State Cemetery; 1933 Littlefield Fountain and free-standing statues, UT campus:; Jefferson Davis; Robert E. Lee; James Hogg; Albert Sidney Johnston; John H. Reagan; Woodrow Wilson; 1955 George Washington, University of Texas; Ballinger; 1919 Charles H. Noyes, Courthouse lawn; Beaumont; 1912 George O'Brien Millard, Pipkin Park; Cameron; 1922 Mr. and Mrs C.H. YOE; College Station; 1919 Lawrence Sullivan Ross, TAMU Campus; Corpus Christi; 1914 Queen of the Sea; Dallas; 1936 Prospero Bernardi, Fair Park; Galveston; 1904 Woodmen of the World, Lakeview Cemetery; Gonzales; 1910 Come and Take It!; Huntsville; 1911 Sam Houston Memorial, Oakwood Cemetery; McKinney; 1911 James W. Throckmorton, McKinney Courthouse Lawn; Palestine; 1911 John H. Reagan Memorial; Paris; 1903 Confederate Monument; San Antonio; 1926 Scottish Rite Cathedral doors; 1929 Enlightening of the Press, Entrance of the San Antonio Express Publishing Company; 1939 Spirit of Sacrifice (a.k.a. The Cenotaph), Alamo Plaza; 1946 Genius of Music (w Waldine Tauch), Brackenridge Park; 1953 Coppini Memorial Sunset Memorial Park (Coppini’s gravesite),; 1972 George Washington Brackenridge (sculpted by Coppini 1930s, cast by Waldine Tauch, bureaucratic red tape delayed installation until 1972); Winn Family Gravesite, City Cemetery #1; Shiner; 1919 Julius A. Wolters; Victoria; 1912 Firing Line, DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand; Waco; 1905 Burleson Memorial, Baylor Campus; 1938 R.E.B. Baylor, Baylor Campus; ;
Spouse	Elizabeth di Barbieri
Children	Waldine Tauch (foster daughter)
Website	Coppini Academy
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Pompeo Luigi Coppini (19 May 1870 – 26 September 1957) was an Italian-American sculptor. Although his works can be found in Italy, Mexico and a number of U.S. states, the majority of his work can be found in Texas. He is particularly famous for the Alamo Plaza work, Spirit of Sacrifice, a.k.a. The Alamo Cenotaph, as well as numerous statues honoring Texan figures, such as Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the fourth President of Texas A&M University.