Isidore Konti

Isidore Konti (July 9, 1862 – January 11, 1938) was a Vienna-born (of Hungarian parents) sculptor.

While there he developed a love of Renaissance art that was to affect the nature of his mature sculpture.

In 1890, 1891 or 1892 (depending on the source) Konti moved, permanently as it turned out, to America, there going straight to Chicago, where he began working on sculptural decorations for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

[1] In 1906 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1909.

His works in this arena include: Besides these works Isidore Konti produced numerous medals, plaques, figures and figurines that are today highly sought after by museums and collectors.