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He was also the father of the late Byron deWeldon, who died June 6, 2017. He settled in the United States in 1937. In 1959 he was knighted for his service to the British Crown becoming "Sir Felix de Weldon.”
In 1951, De Weldon acquired the historic Beacon Rock estate in Newport, Rhode Island, where he lived until 1996, when he lost the property and most of his assets to financial hardship.
Felix de Weldon died on June 3, 2003.
Work
Bronze of Senator Bob Bartlett in the National Statuary Hall
Approximately 1,200 de Weldon sculptures are located in seven continents.
Daniel is collaborating with Allen Nalasco on a biopic of his father's life titled "De Weldon - The Man Behind The Monuments". de Weldon is survived by his son Daniel DeWeldon. Daniel will narrate the film reflecting the life story of his father.
Partial list of Felix de Weldon monuments
*The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, Arlington, VA
*Discus Thrower, New York, NY
*Cross of the Millennium, U.S.Naval Academy, St.
Nicholas Church, MD
*President John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA
*Astronaut Statue, Richmond, KY
*National Monument for Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Simon Bolivar, Washington, DC
*Admiral Richard E. Byrd, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
*Elvis Presley, Nashville, TN
*Belleau Wood Monument, Belleau Wood, France
*Waving Girl, Savannah, GA
*General George Rogers Clark, Louisville, KY
*Mother Joseph, Washington, DC
*Seabee Monument, Washington, DC
*St.
De Weldon eventually moved to London, where he gained a number of commissions, among them a portrait sculpture of George V.
A consequential trip to Canada to sculpt Prime Minister Mackenzie King brought De Weldon to North America, and he decided to settle in the United States. Photo courtesy of Naval War College Museum.
As Victory Day approaches, we are reminded of the iconic Iwo Jima raising of the flag statue at Arlington National Cemetery sculpted by Newport resident Felix de Weldon, owner of Beacon Rock on Harrison Avenue.
Daniel will play the part of Felix during the height of his career.
Approximately 1,200 de Weldon sculptures are located on seven continents. De Weldon eventually moved to London, where he gained a number of commissions, among them a portrait sculpture of George V.
A consequential trip to Canada to sculpt Prime Minister Mackenzie King brought De Weldon to North America.
It was dedicated at Arlington in 1954. After 1945 he was commissioned by Congress to create a bronze replica of the famous Rosenthal photograph of the flag raising at Mount Suribachi. Stephen the Martyr, Washington, DC
*Richard Kirkland, South Carolina
*Ty Cobb, Turner Field, Georgia
*Revolutionary War Memorial, Philadelphia, PA, USA
*President Monroe, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
*Mackenzie King(former Prime Minister) Canada
*Harry S.
Truman, Athens, Greece
*King George VI, London, UK
*Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA
*National Guard Monument, Washington, DC, USA
*Sergeant York, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
*George Washington, Canberra, Australia
*King Edward VIII (late Duke of Windsor), London, UK
*King George V, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
*Abraham Lincoln, Mexico City
*Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, Bonham, TX, USA
*Civil War Monument, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
*International AIDS Memorial, HOPE, Atlanta, GA, USA
*Red Cross Monument, Washington, DC, USA
*General Andrew Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
*Benjamin Franklin, Louisville Kentucky, USA
*George Bannerman Dealey, Dallas, TX, USA
*Hiroshima A-Bomb Memorial, Hiroshima, JP
*, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Quantico, VA, USA
*General , USMC, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA
Notes
Malaysian National Monument (Tugu Negara)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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References
*cite web|accessdate=2007-01-13
url=http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Whos_Who/DeWeldon_FW.htm
title=Dr.
Felix W. de Weldon
work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
* [http://www.spqrfineart.com/Ambiog.html SPQR FINE ART Felix de Weldon Bio]
External links
*cite web|accessdate=2007-01-12
url=http://www.felixdeweldon.com/
title=Felix de Weldon International Art Gallery
*cite interview|url=http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/deweldon.htm |accessdate=2007-01-12
title=Oral History Interview with Felix de Weldon
last=de Weldon
first=Felix
date=,
interviewer=Jerry N.
Ness
program=Truman Presidential Library
place=Washington, D.C.
At the conclusion of the war, the commissioned de Weldon to construct the statue for the memorial in the realist tradition, based upon the famous photograph of , of the agency, taken on . De Weldon was later conferred with the title Tan Sri, the Malaysian equivalent of a high-ranking knighthood.
Dr.
The other three, who had died in action later, were sculpted from photographs. Funds were never raised to create the bronze statue and the model was moved away to Sampson State Park in Geneva, NY.
Felix de Weldon’s home, Beacon Rock; image from the NHS collections.
Felix de Weldon
Work
Approximately 1,200 de Weldon sculptures are located in seven continents.
Daniel is collaborating with Allen Nalasco on a biopic of his father's life titled "DeWeldon - The Man Behind The Monuments". Felix de Weldon (1907-2003) was an Austrian born heir to a Swiss textile manufacturing fortune. De Weldon took nine years to make the memorial, and was assisted by hundreds of other sculptors.
Who's Who in Marine Corps History. Newport residents may recall de Weldon’s “The Bluejacket,” a fiberglass model of a sailor in front of the Seaman’s Church Institute. Oral History Interview with Felix de Weldon. In 1956, he was re-appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, and again in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.