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WINTER, Sherl Joseph
Born in Dayton, Ohio on October 2, 1934, the son of Sherl Jacob and Anne Heffernan Winter, Sheri Joseph Winter pursued a career in sculpture and art. He studied at Indiana University, after which he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1959, followed by studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. The artist worked as a medical illustrator at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Philadelphia, 1959-1967), as a teacher at Rider College (Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, 1967-1970 as a sculptor at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia (1970-1972), as director of sculpture at the private Everest Mint (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1973-1974), at the Philadelphia Mint again (1974-1988), and self-employed at his Winter Sculpture Studio (Philadelphia, 1988 to date).
For a long period, while also engaged in other projects, he fulfilled artistic commissions for architects, created numerous portrait busts, and sculpted numerous medals for the Franklin Mint, Medallic Art Company, and others. Over the years he has received many honors and awards including the Stewardson Award in Sculpture and the Stimson Award in Sculpture (School of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1958 and 1959), the Pauline Law Award in Sculpture (Allied Artists of America, 1967), and H.U.D. National Environmental Design Awards (1966 for his family of bears sculpture in Delancy Park, Philadelphia; 1980 for his town pump fountain, Heritage Plaza, Salem, Massachusetts).
Winter joined the engraving staff of the United States Mint in 1970, remaining until 1972. The artist returned to the Mint in 1974. After the resignation of Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro in January 1981, Winter was named acting chief engraver, a position he helped fill for 120 days (followed by Edgar Z. Steever for another 120 days) until the appointment of Elizabeth Jones. In 1988 Winter resigned from the mint, to work full time in his own studio.
During his tenure at the U.S. Mint Sheri J. Winter designed numerous medals including those featuring the following subjects: Secretary of the Treasury John Connally (reverse), 1972 Assay Commission (obverse), 1973 Assay Commission (obverse), Expo '74 (obverse), 1980 Olympic Boycott, General Charles Yeager (obverse), U.S. Marine Corps Bicentennial, American Revolution Bicentennial (1972 obverse, 1973 reverse), General Eaker (reverse), San Francisco Mint (obverse), New Orleans Mint (obverse), New Orleans Custom House (obverse), 1st Transatlantic Balloon Flight (obverse), Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Treasury Building-National Historic Landmark (obverse), U.S.S. Constellation (obverse), and LadyBird Johnson (obverse). Sherl Joseph Winter designed the Willa Cather gold medallion for the American Arts program and modeled the reverse of the 1986 eagle gold bullion coin (with the "family of eagles" designed by Mrs. Miley Busiek).
He married Kathleen McKenna, on September 1, 1956, when he was in art school. They have three children: Sherl Joseph Winter, Jr. (who works at the Franklin Mint as a sculptor), Kathleen Anne, and Genienne. The artist maintains the Winter Sculpture Studio in Philadelphia, where he fulfills sculpting and engraving commissions for various coins and medals (including the Liberty Mint, a private facility in Utah) and does architectural sculpture.
Commemorative credits: 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar (reverse), 1988 Olympic silver dollar (reverse).
WINTER, Sherl Joseph
Born in Dayton, Ohio on October 2, 1934, the son of Sherl Jacob and Anne Heffernan Winter, Sheri Joseph Winter pursued a career in sculpture and art. He studied at Indiana University, after which he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1959, followed by studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. The artist worked as a medical illustrator at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Philadelphia, 1959-1967), as a teacher at Rider College (Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, 1967-1970 as a sculptor at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia (1970-1972), as director of sculpture at the private Everest Mint (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1973-1974), at the Philadelphia Mint again (1974-1988), and self-employed at his Winter Sculpture Studio (Philadelphia, 1988 to date).
For a long period, while also engaged in other projects, he fulfilled artistic commissions for architects, created numerous portrait busts, and sculpted numerous medals for the Franklin Mint, Medallic Art Company, and others. Over the years he has received many honors and awards including the Stewardson Award in Sculpture and the Stimson Award in Sculpture (School of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1958 and 1959), the Pauline Law Award in Sculpture (Allied Artists of America, 1967), and H.U.D. National Environmental Design Awards (1966 for his family of bears sculpture in Delancy Park, Philadelphia; 1980 for his town pump fountain, Heritage Plaza, Salem, Massachusetts).
Winter joined the engraving staff of the United States Mint in 1970, remaining until 1972. The artist returned to the Mint in 1974. After the resignation of Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro in January 1981, Winter was named acting chief engraver, a position he helped fill for 120 days (followed by Edgar Z. Steever for another 120 days) until the appointment of Elizabeth Jones. In 1988 Winter resigned from the mint, to work full time in his own studio.
During his tenure at the U.S. Mint Sheri J. Winter designed numerous medals including those featuring the following subjects: Secretary of the Treasury John Connally (reverse), 1972 Assay Commission (obverse), 1973 Assay Commission (obverse), Expo '74 (obverse), 1980 Olympic Boycott, General Charles Yeager (obverse), U.S. Marine Corps Bicentennial, American Revolution Bicentennial (1972 obverse, 1973 reverse), General Eaker (reverse), San Francisco Mint (obverse), New Orleans Mint (obverse), New Orleans Custom House (obverse), 1st Transatlantic Balloon Flight (obverse), Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Treasury Building-National Historic Landmark (obverse), U.S.S. Constellation (obverse), and LadyBird Johnson (obverse). Sherl Joseph Winter designed the Willa Cather gold medallion for the American Arts program and modeled the reverse of the 1986 eagle gold bullion coin (with the "family of eagles" designed by Mrs. Miley Busiek).
He married Kathleen McKenna, on September 1, 1956, when he was in art school. They have three children: Sherl Joseph Winter, Jr. (who works at the Franklin Mint as a sculptor), Kathleen Anne, and Genienne. The artist maintains the Winter Sculpture Studio in Philadelphia, where he fulfills sculpting and engraving commissions for various coins and medals (including the Liberty Mint, a private facility in Utah) and does architectural sculpture.
Commemorative credits: 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar (reverse), 1988 Olympic silver dollar (reverse).