Richard Stankiewicz

Richard Stankiewicz (1922–1983) was an American sculptor best known for his works made from scrap metal. Born in Philadelphia, he spent his formative years in Detroit. He first took up painting and sculpture while serving in the United States Navy, from 1941 to 1947.

From 1948 into 1949 he studied in New York City with Hans Hofmann. In 1950 and 1951 he continued his training in Paris under Fernand Léger and Ossip Zadkine. Back in New York, he joined the Hansa Gallery, a cooperative, and showed there until the end of the 1950s before moving to the Stable Gallery in 1959. In 1962 he relocated to Huntington, Massachusetts, and kept exhibiting internationally until his death in 1983.

His work is held in many museum collections, including those of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Hyde Collection, and the Walker Art Center.