Pompeo Coppini

Pompeo Coppini
Pompeo Coppini 1929
Born	Pompeo Luigo Coppini (1870-05-19)19 May 1870 Moglia, Mantua, Italy
Died	26 September 1957(1957-09-26) (aged 87) San Antonio, Texas, US
Nationality	Italian (naturalized as U.S. citizen in 1902)
Education	Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno Augusto Rivalta
Known for	Sculpture
Notable work	[1][2] Partial listing - Sculptures, except where noted Italy The King Humbert Tablet, Royal Museum, Monza Mexico Mexico City Bust of President Porfirio Diaz George Washington Monument[3] Kentucky 1911 John Hunt Morgan Memorial, Lexington[4] Michigan 1925 John Ball and Children, Grand Rapids[5][6][7] New Jersey Neptune Fountain, Orphan Asylum, Kearny New York 1900 William McKinley 1930 Spirit of the Rotary 1931 150th Anniversary Masonic Grand Lodge Plaque, Utica 1934 Bust of Dr. John Robert Gregg 1935 Woodrow Wilson 1933 Memorial to Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge, Staten Island, New York 1941 George B. Cortelyou Texas 1934 Texas Centennial Half Dollar Austin 1901 Texas Confederate Monument, Capitol Grounds 1903 Victims of the Galveston Flood, UT campus 1907 Terry's Texas Rangers, Capitol Grounds 1910 Hood's Brigade, Capitol Grounds[8] 1912 Stephen F. Austin, Texas State Cemetery 1915 Joanna Troutman-Designer of the Texas Flag, Texas State Cemetery 1933 Littlefield Fountain[9] and free-standing statues, UT campus: Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee James Hogg Albert Sidney Johnston John H. Reagan Woodrow Wilson[10] 1955 George Washington, University of Texas Ballinger 1919 Charles H. Noyes, Courthouse lawn Beaumont 1912 George O'Brien Millard, Pipkin Park Cameron 1922 Mr. and Mrs C.H. YOE College Station 1919 Lawrence Sullivan Ross, TAMU Campus Corpus Christi 1914 Queen of the Sea Dallas 1936 Prospero Bernardi, Fair Park Galveston 1904 Woodmen of the World, Lakeview Cemetery Gonzales[11] 1910 Come and Take It! Huntsville 1911 Sam Houston Memorial, Oakwood Cemetery[12] McKinney 1911 James W. Throckmorton, McKinney Courthouse Lawn Palestine 1911 John H. Reagan Memorial Paris 1903 Confederate Monument San Antonio 1926 Scottish Rite Cathedral doors[13][14] 1929 Enlightening of the Press, Entrance of the San Antonio Express Publishing Company 1939 Spirit of Sacrifice (a.k.a. The Cenotaph), Alamo Plaza[15] 1946 Genius of Music (w Waldine Tauch), Brackenridge Park 1953 Coppini Memorial Sunset Memorial Park (Coppini’s gravesite), 1972 George Washington Brackenridge (sculpted by Coppini 1930s, cast by Waldine Tauch, bureaucratic red tape delayed installation until 1972) Winn Family Gravesite, City Cemetery #1 Shiner 1919 Julius A. Wolters Victoria 1912 Firing Line, DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand[16][17] Waco 1905 Burleson Memorial, Baylor Campus 1938 R.E.B. Baylor, Baylor Campus
Spouse	Elizabeth di Barbieri
Children	Waldine Tauch (foster daughter)
Signature
Website	Coppini Academy

Pompeo Luigi Coppini (19 May 1870 – 26 September 1957) was an Italian born American sculptor. Although his works can be found in Italy, Mexico and 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. The Alamo Cenotaph, as well as numerous statues honoring Texan figures, such as Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the fourth President of Texas A&M University.