Amory Simons

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAmory Coffin•Simons
Used nameAmory•Simons
Born5 April 1866 in Aiken, South Carolina (USA)
Died24 July 1959 in Santa Barbara, California (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

American sculptor Amory Simons began art studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and continued in Paris under sculptors and teachers Dampt, Puech, and Rodin. He was active in New York before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s. By 1940 he had settled in Santa Barbara where he taught at the School of Arts. Simons was best known for his bronze horses. There was a photo of the “Hand Stand of Eric Emson” in the Los Angeles Times, but with no further information.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions USA Amory Simons
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC