From Germany, Wilhelm Knapp, known as Willi, became a sculptor,
architectural decorator and painter in realist style. Although
his decorations were commercial appearing, his painting and sculpture
leaned toward classical realism and avoided modernist or abstract
styles.
Willi Knapp was born in St. Wendel about five miles from
Saarbrucken. His father was a blacksmith, and Willi, as a young
man, took jobs as a railroad mechanic before immigrating in 1924 at age
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