Saturday, February 21, 2009

Rhythm of the Waves


Standing watch in the impressive rotunda at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club is the Wheeler Williams' bronze sculpture Rhythm of the Waves.
A native of Chicago, Wheeler WilliamsAmerican, 1897-1972 is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek and also studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.

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