Explore the Artist of this artwork, Abraham Lincoln (relief by Schwarz).
Marie Stewart, a student at Indianapolis's Shortridge High School, submitted the winning entry in a citywide contest to design the commemorative plaque. Vienna-born sculptor Rudolf Schwarz, who came to Indianapolis in 1897, created the bronze plaque in 1907. Schwarz is known for crafting the limestone sculptures at the base of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Indianapolis's Monument Circle; the bronze statue for the Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton monument on the east side of the Indiana Statehouse; and sculptures for American Civil War memorials in several Indiana counties. Benno Schum fabricated a new base for the plaque when it was relocated to Indianapolis's West Washington Street in 1971.
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