| Honors and Commissions
Over the past 10 years, Ed has had the good fortune to receive
many commissions, including two important ones honoring great Holocaust heroes,
Raoul Wallenberg and Oscar Schindler.
The Wallenberg sculpture is entitled "Courage and Compassion" and
stands thirteen feet high in Smith Field Park, Parsippany,
New Jersey. The memory of Wallenberg deserves long life,
and this bronze sculpture will help keep Wallenberg's deeds
alive to inspire future generations.
The second Holocaust sculpture was commissioned by two men
saved by Oscar Schindler. This interpretive bust entitled "Oscar
Schindler" took about a year to complete and was presented
to Steven Spielberg at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City,
in appreciation for his making of the movie, "Schindler's
List."
This sculpture was cast in an edition of four. One of the
pieces was installed at the Holocaust Studies Center at Kean
University in Union, New Jersey. Another was installed at
Hebrew University in Israel. And the third is on exhibit
at the corporate headquarters of Abe Zuckerman and Murray
Pantirer, the men who commissioned the project. The fourth sculpture is in the collection of Steven Spielberg.
Here are additional highlights that may be of interest:
- 2006 - Stylus Magazine publishes "Quest for the Spirit – The Psychology of Collecting Pens." In addition, this April - May 2006 issue profiles Ed as artist and publishes six (6) large photos of his art.
- 2000-2002- Ed was commissioned to create a sculpture honoring
the many who suffered and died from hemophilia due to the
transfusion of contaminated blood products. This project
was installed and dedicated May, 2002 at Robert Wood Hospital
in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- 1998 - Ed's alma mater, Xavier University, profiled his life
and work for the Xavier University Magazine.
- 1998- A television program was filmed describing Ed's work
and painting process for a show called, "For Art's
Sake."
- 1992- The American Psychologist published
a reproduction of a painting called "Claudia" on
the cover of the APA's most prestigious psychological journal.
This event integrated both of Ed's professional worlds of
art and psychology.
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