[2][3] Cedric Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley.

Upon graduation from high school Stanley proceeded to study sculpture at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1923 to 1926.

The Oscar statuette was fabricated based upon a sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons in 1927.

Since then, more than 3000 statuettes have been presented to some of the world's best film and television actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians.

[6][7] Stanley sculpted a statue of Sir Isaac Newton located at the Griffith Observatory, completed in 1934.