5-483: Adickes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Adickes (born 1927), American sculptor Erich Adickes (1866–1928), German philosopher Mark Adickes (born 1961), American footballer and physician Other [ edit ] Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. , a US Supreme Court case Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-578: A large historical mural of the city for the then-new Houston Club. That fall, he was hired to teach in the Art Department of the University of Texas at Austin. In 1983, after being a fulltime painter and art instructor for more than two decades, Adickes was commissioned to make his first monumental sculpture. He created the Virtuoso , a 36-foot steel and concrete statue of a string trio. It
15-460: Is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute to Courage statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas . Adickes was born in Huntsville, Texas on January 19, 1927. In 1949, Adickes travelled to France to study under Fernand Léger . After two years, he returned to Texas and began presenting his work. In 1955, Adickes was commissioned to paint
20-756: Is displayed in Houston . In 1986, he created Cornet as a stage prop for the New Orleans World Fair. In 1994, he created A Tribute to Courage in memory of Houston 's namesake, Sam Houston . In 2004, he created 43 large busts of American presidents at Presidents Park, Virginia . In 2006, he erected 60-foot statue of Stephen F. Austin in Brazoria County , Texas. The busts installed at Houston's American Statesmanship Park were created in 2008 and donated to Harris County in 2012. In 2012, he turned his old high school in Huntsville into
25-608: The title Adickes . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adickes&oldid=1218711430 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages David Adickes David Pryor Adickes ( / ˈ æ d ɪ k s / AD -iks ; born January 19, 1927, Huntsville, Texas)
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