See also http://www.stevenrebeck.com/ (link verified 2/2025).

Studied at Cleveland School of Art under Herman Matzen, graduated 1912. Studied at National Academy of Design, 1912. Studied and worked under Carl A. Heber, assisted Heber on sculptural decorations on the Manhattan Bridge, NY. Studied under Karl Bitter, 1914.

Opened studio with Joseph C. Motto, Motto and Rebeck, 1915-1917. Fought in WW1 with the 97th aero squadron. Opened studio with Max Kalish, Decorative Arts Studio, 1920, which seems to only have lasted one year. Owned and operated Art and Pattern Products, c. 1940s - 1970s.

Elected as member of the National Sculpture Society, 1923.

d. Cleveland, Ohio

Medallic Art Company Medals:
1919 Penton Medal for Excellence, Awarded by the Cleveland Art Association for the Museum of Art’s Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen Awarded 1919-1921
1922 Penton Medal for Excellence, same as above but redesigned as a plaquette with new artwork. Awarded 1922 only (He also won this aware in 1922 for the sculpture categeory)
1930 Edison Lamp Works, Employee Lamp Sales Award Plaquette
1930 Votteler Organ Medal
1939 Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Medal
1948 Slovak League of America Medal
1963 Archbishop Edward F. Hoban Distinguished Service Medals

Heraldic Art Medal Series
1959 Alaskan Statehood Medal
1959 Hawaiian Statehood Medal (Obverse by Walter A. Sinz, Reverse by Steven A. Rebeck)

Miscellaneous Medals
1930 Horace Carr Plaque - Limited Edition of 25
1930 Rt. Rev Joseph Schrembs, D.D. Medallion - Limited Edition of 10 (I have never seen an example of this piece)
Other Notable Work
1916 Fountain of Pan
1916 Boy with Butterfly Fountain
1924 Alliance, Ohio War Memorial, Life size figures of Abraham Lincoln, Spanish-American Soldier and WW1 Doughboy
1930 Sphinxes atop the St. Louis Civic Courthouse
1940 or 1950s Madonna and Child, St Francis of Assisi Church, Gate Mills Ohio
1940 or 1940s Stations of the Cross in several Cleveland Area Catholic Churches

Exhibition and Awards
1922 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1st Prize Sculpture (Awarded Penton Medal)
1922 Philadelphia Art Alliance Medal Exhibition, exhibited Penton Medal
1923 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1st Prize Sculpture
1923 Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Museum of Art
1923 National Sculpture Society, Exhibition of American Sculpture, New York, New York, exhibited both versions of the Penton Medal
1924 Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Museum of Art
1924 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2nd Prize Sculpture
1925 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, displayed a number of reliefs and medals.
1930 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, displaced Horace Carr plaque, Bishop Schrembs Medallion, Votteler Organ Medal
1934 Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen at the Cleveland Museum of Art

[Biographical data courtesy of gr-grandson Matthew Sandwisch.]