Known for his stylized Art Deco figures and animals in iron and
large-scale mural works in metal, Wilhelm Hunt Diederich was born in
Szent-Grot, Austria-Hungary into an eminent family, including William
Morris Hunt and the architect, Richard Morris Hunt. He emigrated to
America in 1894, and eight years later traveled West (1902), spending a
couple of years in Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona living as a cowboy.
He
became friends with sculptor Paul Manship while studying with him at
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