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- Alexander G. Weygers, (October 12, 1901–July 23, 1989), was a polymath American artist who is best known as a sculptor, painter, print maker, philosopher, and author. He was born in Java, Indonesia, to Dutch parents. Gaining his formal education in the Netherlands, Weygers was a practicing engineer when he immigrated to the United States of America at the age of 30 to take residence in Seattle. Weygers returned to Java in 1923, and his fiancee, Jacoba Hutter, joined him there from Holland in 1924. They were married in Java, but since she could not adjust to the tropical climate, they emigrated to the United States, where she later died in child birth. He was devastated by the death of his wife, and decided to abandon engineering for art. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute, where he was taught by the sculptor, Lorado Taft. Following that he studied various aspects of art in the European centers that were renowned for the areas that interested him. Moving to California in the 1930s, he established a studio in Berkeley and began teaching. In 1941 he entered the U.S. Army and his command of Malay, Dutch, Italian, German, and English led to his assignment to the intelligence operations. He received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office for his "discopter" in 1943 and his design has served as the prototype for other similar disk and hovering aircraft that have been developed up to the present day. During his service in the army he was given a Carmel Valley property where, over several decades, he and his new wife, Marian, would build a retreat with a residence and studios, while he pursued his career teaching at Berkeley.
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- Alexander G. Weygers, (October 12, 1901–July 23, 1989), was a polymath American artist who is best known as a sculptor, painter, print maker, philosopher, and author. He was born in Java, Indonesia, to Dutch parents. Gaining his formal education in the Netherlands, Weygers was a practicing engineer when he immigrated to the United States of America at the age of 30 to take residence in Seattle.
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