Mr. Weiner was born September 11, 1883 in Kingston, New York and died September 3, 1951. The noted Beloit portrait artist, rated one of the best in the United States, did not paint seriously until 1930. Up to that time he had been a hydraulic engineer, receiving his degree in engineering from Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. Before coming to Beloit he was chief engineer of the pump division for Fair- banks, Morse & Company at Three Rivers, Michigan and moved here with the company.

Mr. Weiner executed portraits of 35 Beloit civic leaders named to the Hall of Fame and won commissions to paint many Beloit and Rockford families. In 1935 and 1937 he studied with Wayman Adams, a leading American portrait artist in New York and won numerous prizes, among them the Art Students League of New York. He exhibited widely in New York and Chicago galleries. Mr. Weiner spent much of his time in Kansas and Oklahoma winning commissions to paint prominent persons and entire families in the Southwest. After establishing a studio in Wichita, he did more than 50 portraits in the area. Perhaps his most noted portrait was of Paul Harris, founder of Rotary International, which was used on the cover of the Rotarian Magazine and received world circulation.

Among his awards were the Wisconsin Salon popular vote contest in 1939, the Chicago Galleries best portrait contest in 1944 and the Rockford Art Associ-ation’s best portrait honors in 1947. Mr. Weiner was a member of the Beloit Rotary Club and the First Church of Christ Scientist, where he was First Reader for many years. He taught art in Beloit and Rockford and often was referred to as “the Rock River Valley’s most noted artist.”