H.H. Pope John Paul II

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St. Edith Stein (Teresia Benedicta a Cruce)

The Trinity

Mary at Nazareth

The Prodigal Son

Biographical Note

Hamilton Reed Armstrong, born in 1937, studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and with internationally recognized sculptors Carl Iluva, Walker Hancock, and Frederick Shrady. Much of Mr. Armstrong's work was produced during an extended stay in Spain, where his work was extolled by noted critics Raul Chavari and Cecilio Barbaran as a revitalization of the Spanish mystical tradition embodied in the work of El Greco, Zurbaran, Alonso Cano, Pedro de Mena, and Martinez Montañez. Mr. Armstrong's work is also reproduced in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of World History (Edición Planeta 1977, Vol. II).

Mr. Armstrong has taught art history for Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, and studio art for the Magi Center at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. He presently teaches with The Heights School, Potomac, MD, as well as the distance learning program of International Catholic University, Notre Dame, IN.

Mr. Armstrong's work may be seen in private collections, churches, public spaces in the United States, Europe, and Africa as well as many museums.

Recent commissions include:

• a commemorative medal for the Victims of Communism Committee, Washington, D.C.


• a portrait bust of Pope St. Pius X for the papal memorial chapel, Riese, Italy


• a portrait bust of H.H. Pope John Paul II for the John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.


• the Papanicolas memorial chalice for St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, D.C.

He is presently working on a series of monumental sculptures for the Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI.

More information about Mr. Armstrong's work may be found at his web site, A.G. Dei Co.