Alonzo Victor Lewis

Alonzo Victor Lewis (1886–1946) was an American artist. He is primarily known for public sculptures in the State of Washington; he also painted in the Impressionist style.^[2]

Chinese teacher (Confucius) and Fish teacher, two of the 44 works by Lewis adorning the University of Washington's Miller Hall, originally Education Hall (1922).^[1]

Born in Utah,^[3] Lewis studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then moved for a time to Spokane, Washington before settling in Seattle in 1912.^[2]

Partial list of works

• 44 sculptures for Education Hall (now Miller Hall), University of Washington, Seattle. 1922.^[1]
• The First World Flight monument, Sand Point Air Field (now Magnuson Park), Seattle. 1924^[4]
• American Doughboy Bringing Home Victory, Seattle Center, Seattle, now located at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park.^{[1][citation needed]}
• Winged Victory, Washington State Capitol, Olympia, Washington. Dedicated 1938.^[5]
• Abraham Lincoln memorial sculpture, Spokane, Washington.^[6]
• Dr. Mark A. Matthews, 1942 sculpture of Mark A. Matthews, Denny Park, Seattle.^[7]
• The Prospector, Sitka, Alaska. Modeled in clay no later than 1942. Posthumously cast in bronze, dedicated 1949.^[8]
• The Sentinel, bronze memorial sculpture about the Centralia Tragedy, dedicated in 1924 in Centralia, Washington^[9][10]