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Pompeo Coppini2 languagesToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPompeo CoppiniPompeo Coppini 1929BornPompeo Luigo Coppini
19 May 1870
Moglia, Mantua, ItalyDied26 September 1957(aged87)
San Antonio, Texas, USNationalityItalian (naturalized as U.S. citizen in 1902)EducationAccademia dell\'Arte del Disegno
Augusto RivaltaKnownforSculptureNotable work[1][2]Partial listing - Sculptures, except where notedItalyMexicoKentuckyMichiganNew JerseyNew YorkTexasSpouseElizabeth di BarbieriChildrenWaldine Tauch(foster daughter)SignatureWebsiteCoppini Academy

Pompeo Luigi Coppini(19 May 1870 – 26 September 1957) was anItalianborn sculptor who emigrated to theUnited States. Although his works can be found inItaly,Mexicoand 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.TheAlamo Cenotaph, as well as numerous statues honoring Texan figures, such asLawrence Sullivan Ross, the fourth President ofTexas A&M University.

Early years

Coppini was born inMoglia,Mantua,Italy, the son of musician Giovanni Coppini[18]and his wife, Leandra (Raffa) Coppini. The family moved toFlorencewhere at the age of ten, Pompeo was hired to make ceramic horses shaped like whistles.[18]

From there, he worked for a sculptor who made touristknock-offsof great works of art. At age sixteen, he studied atAccademia dell\'Arte del DisegnounderAugusto Rivalta. Upon earning a degree, Coppini opened a short-lived studio making gratis busts of local celebrities. While working for a cemetery monument sculptor, Coppini tried to become co-owner of the business by courting the owner\'s daughter. The girl\'s mother balked, and the resulting situation got Coppini denounced[18]from a local priest\'s pulpit.

The United States

While he managed to find work in New York, Coppini was frustrated the fame and greatness escaped him. He moved to Texas in 1901, to join withGerman-bornsculptorFrank Teich.[20]

He was then commissioned to do the figures for theConfederatemonument for the state capitol grounds. For the next fifteen years, he lived and worked inSan Antonio. After spending a short time inChicago, Illinois, he then spent three years inNew York Cityoverseeing the Littlefield commission for theUniversity of Texas at Austin. He collaborated with architectPaul Creton theLittlefield Memorial Fountain, and sculpted six statues for the campus.

George Washington(1955),University of Texas at Austin

By 1910, Coppini was assisted by sculptorWaldine Tauch,[21]who had been born inSchulenburg, Texas. Tauch became more-or-less his adopted daughter, student and protégée, and he, after extracting a promise from her that she would never marry, molded her into a devotee of classical sculpture. She collaborated with Coppini until his death.[22]

The William P. Rogers chapter of theUnited Daughters of the Confederacyraised $5,000[16][17]in 1911 and commissioned Coppini to design and erect the 1912 Confederate soldier memorial statue namedLast Stand, a.k.a.Firing Line, in De Leon Plaza, Hiring Otto Zirkel of near the San Antonio studio to build the stone portion of the monument.

He sculpted three distinct statues of George Washington. The first, commissioned by Americans living in Mexico to commemorate the 1910 centennial ofMexican Independence, was installed in 1912 in the Plaza Dinamarca (renamed Plaza Washington) of theColonia Juárezsection ofMexico City. TheMexican Civil Warwas just beginning. Two years later, in reaction to the April 1914 United States invasion ofVeracruz, the statue was toppled from its pedestal and dragged through the streets. Thesecond statuewas created to commemorate the 1926 sesquicentennial of theDeclaration of Independence. It was installed in 1927 in Portland, Oregon.[23]Thethird statuewas commissioned by theTexas Society, Daughters of the American Revolutionto commemorate the 1932 bicentennial of Washington\'s birth. Fund-raising problems delayed the project for years, and it was installed in February 1955 on the campus of theUniversity of Texas at Austin.[24]

In 1931, Italy decorated Coppini with theCommendatoreof theOrder of the Crown of Italyfor his contribution to art in America. The Texas Centennial Committee awarded Coppini the 1934 commission to design the[25]Texas Centennial half dollar. In 1937, Coppini opened his San Antonio studio on Melrose Place, in order to work on what would become the[15][26]Spirit of Sacrifice(a.k.a. The Cenotaph) at Alamo Plaza.Baylor Universityawarded Coppini an honorary doctor of fine arts degree in 1941. From 1943 to 1945 he was head of the art department ofTrinity Universityin San Antonio. In 1945 he and Tauch cofounded the Classic Arts Fraternity in San Antonio (renamed Coppini Academy of Fine Arts in 1950).

Many of his works are in Austin, Texas, displayed on the grounds of theTexas State Capitoland on the campus ofThe University of Texas. Coppini\'s statue ofLawrence Sullivan Ross, Texas Governor and third president ofTexas A&M Universityis considered one of the most revered works on the A&M campus inCollege Stationand students often place coins at the statue\'s feet for good luck on exams. Coppini\'smarble statueofSenatorJames Paul Clarkestands in theU.S. Capitol. Coppini also designed two bronze sculptures atBaylor Universityin Waco, Texas—those of former Baylor University President Rufus C. Burleson, located on the Burleson Quadrangle on the Baylor campus (1905), and Baylor University namesake and founder Judge R.E.B. Baylor (1939). One of Coppini\'s best works, as stated by the artist, is the bronze sculpture ofJohn Reagan, former U.S. Senator from Palestine, Texas, located in that city\'s Reagan Park (1911), featuring the personification of the \"Lost Cause of the Confederacy\" seated at the base of the monument.

Coppini died in San Antonio on September 26, 1957. He designed his own crypt or his final resting place in Sunset Memorial Park.

Selected worksLittlefield Memorial Fountain(1920–1928),University of Texas at Austin

Confederate Monument (1903), Paris, Texas:
- Bust of Robert E. Lee.
- Bust of Stonewall Jackson.
- Bust of Albert Sidney Johnston.
Rufus C. Burleson(1903), Burleson Quadrangle,Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
The Victims of the Galveston Flood(1903–04),University of Texas at Austin.
Terry\'s Texas Rangers Monument(1905–1907),Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas.
Hood\'s Texas Brigade Monument(1910),Texas State Capitol, Austin.
Come and Take It Monument (1910),Gonzales, Texas.
Sam Houston Grave Monument (1910–11), Huntsville, Texas.
John Hunt Morgan Memorial(1911),(former) Fayette County Courthouse, Lexington, Kentucky.
John H. Reagan Memorial (1911), Palestine, Texas.
Bust ofThomas Mitchell Campbell, Governor of Texas 1907-1911, (1911), Private Collection, Palestine, Texas
Statue of George Washington (1911–12),Mexico City, Mexico.
Confederate Monument (1911–12), De Leon Plaza, Victoria, Texas.
Queen of the Sea monument (1914), Corpus Christi, Texas[27]
Bust ofWilliam Rufus Shafter, (1919),Galesburg, Michigan,[28]
Lawrence Sullivan Ross(1917–1919),Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
The Spirit of the Texas Cowboy(1918–19), Charles H. Noyes Memorial, Ballinger, Texas.
George W. Littlefield Commission (1920–1928),University of Texas at Austin:
- John H. Reagan.
- Robert E. Lee.
- Albert Sidney Johnston.
- James Stephen Hogg.
- Jefferson Davis.
- Woodrow Wilson.
Senator James Paul Clark of Arkansas(1921),National Statuary Hall Collection,United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Bronze doors (1926), Scottish Rite Cathedral (Masonic), San Antonio, Texas.
Statue of George Washington(1926–27), Friendship Masonic Lodge 160, Portland, Oregon.
Texas State Fair Hall of State(1935–36),Fair Park, Dallas, Texas:
- Thomas J. Rusk.
- William B. Travis.
- James W. Fannin.
- Mirabeau B. Lamar.
- Sam Houston.
Cenotaph to the Heroes of the Alamo(1937–38), Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas.
Coppini Tomb (1953), Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Texas.
Statue of George Washington(1955),University of Texas at Austin.