Frank Teich

Frank Teich (September 22, 1856 – January 27, 1939) was a German-born American sculptor, stone carver, and businessman, often referred to as the father of the Texas granite industry.

[2] He graduated from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and he studied drawing, design and stone carving under Johannes Schilling,[2] He immigrated to the United States in 1878, moving to Chicago a year later.

In Austin, Teich received the contract as superintendent of the granite cutting on the new capitol building, designed by Elijah E. Myers.

Teich also executed the Confederate Soldiers Memorial (San Antonio, Texas) which was designed by Louisiana artist Elizabeth Montgomery.

This Memorial is owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, along with the plot of land that it sits upon in the city's downtown Travis Park.