title: L. O. Wenckebach
text: # L. O. Wenckebach
  
  Ludwig Oswald Wenckebach (16 June 1895, in Heerlen – 3 November 1962, in Noordwijkerhout) was a Dutch sculptor, painter, and medallist. He was the son of the anatomist Karel Frederik Wenckebach and nephew and pupil of the graphic designer and painter Willem Wenckebach. He started as a painter, but in 1920 switched to sculpting. He is best known for his many war monuments and designing the coins issued in the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980.
  
  * Anton Philips, Eindhoven
  * Three acrobats (1966), Gouda
  * Monsieur Jacques (1956), Rotterdam
  * Hope & Sorrow, Gortergebouw Leiden
  * Cornelis Joppenszoon (1961), Leiden
  * Sint-Joris en de draak (Groningen) provinciaal oorlogsmonument.
  * Detail Sint-Joris en de draak (Groningen) provinciaal oorlogsmonument.
  
  ## External sources
  
  * Oswald Wenckebach at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
  