Eugene L. Daub is a recognized contemporary figure sculptor. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1805 and is the oldest art museum and school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th and 20th century American paintings,...

 in Philadelphia, and taught there. He has been an instructor at the Scottsdale Artists’ School, and designer of the first Philadelphia Liberty Medal

Philadelphia Liberty Medal

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, which that city awards every year to a champion of world peace.

In 1985, he won first place in an international competition for the design of the Statue of Liberty Medal, issued by the American Numismatic Society

American Numismatic Society

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. His work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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 and the British Museum

British Museum

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, and in 1991, he won the Saltus Award, the highest national and international recognition of the American Numismatic Association

American Numismatic Association

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 for excellence in bas-relief sculpture. He is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society

National Sculpture Society

Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects. The founding...

.

He is married to the artist Anne Olsen Daub.

In 2004, Daub joined with Rob Firmin to form Daub & Firmin Sculpture Studios, LLC. In December 2009, they won the design competition to create a Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement"....

 statue for the U.S. Capitol.

External links

• Eugene Daub from Daub & Firmin Sculpture Studios.
• Eugene Daub from Scottsdale Artists School.
• Eugene Daub from Art & Design Online.