Winner:Paul Manship

Paul Manship created a synergy between classic sculpture and modern sensibilities that transformed sculpture in the United States during his time, and was admired around the world. He remains an essential figure for anyone studying American sculpture, and he's a Minnesota native! He gave half his estate to the Minnesota Museum of American Art and half to the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art upon his death.
~Kris Wetterlund, Minneapolis, MN