Artist. A renowned sculptor, his key works are in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 1930s. Stanley moved as a child to California and spent his youth in the city of Watsonville. He studied sculpture at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles (1923 to 1926), where he then taught from 1926 to 1942. In 1927 the newly formed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose Stanley to sculpt a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader's sword, based on a sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. With the exception of the base, the original Oscar statuette has never been changed. He was one of six artists who created the "Astronomers Monument" (1934) in front of the Griffith Observatory, contributing the statue of Sir Isaac Newton. In 1940 Stanley completed his masterpiece, "Sculpture of the Muse of Music, Dance and Drama", located at the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl. Carved from granite, it stands 22 feet tall and 200 feet wide. In later years Stanley continued to accept commissions for public works in the Los Angeles area, as well as from private patrons.
Artist. A renowned sculptor, his key works are in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 1930s. Stanley moved as a child to California and spent his youth in the city of Watsonville. He studied sculpture at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles (1923 to 1926), where he then taught from 1926 to 1942. In 1927 the newly formed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose Stanley to sculpt a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader's sword, based on a sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. With the exception of the base, the original Oscar statuette has never been changed. He was one of six artists who created the "Astronomers Monument" (1934) in front of the Griffith Observatory, contributing the statue of Sir Isaac Newton. In 1940 Stanley completed his masterpiece, "Sculpture of the Muse of Music, Dance and Drama", located at the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl. Carved from granite, it stands 22 feet tall and 200 feet wide. In later years Stanley continued to accept commissions for public works in the Los Angeles area, as well as from private patrons.
Bio by: Louis du Mort
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