caption death_date death_place birth_place training awards nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
self-portrait relief bust -lrb- c. 1850-74 -rrb- . 30 march 1951 baltimore , maryland , united states morange , alsace lorraine , german empire académie of art julian rinehart school of sculpture maryland institute college salon gold medal 1901 -lrb- first american recipient -rrb- german american sculpture may 25 , 1874 hans schuler
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hans schuler

hans k. schuler -lrb- may 25 , 1874 - march 30 , 1951 -rrb- was a german-born american sculptor and monument maker .
he was the first american sculptor ever to win the salon gold medal .
his works are in several important museum collections , and he also created many public monuments , mostly for locations in maryland and in the washington , d.c. , area .
for over a quarter of a century he served as president of the maryland institute college of art .
