Sculptor
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Edward McCartan
Biography Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 – September 20, 1947) was an American sculptor, best known for his decorative bronzes that stand out for their naturalism and gestural sophistication combined with art deco motifs. Born in Albany, New York, he studied at the Pratt Institute, with Herbert Adams. He also studied at the Art… Continue reading
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Rosa Bonheur
Biography Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also sculpted. Her paintings include Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1848, and now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and The Horse Fair,… Continue reading
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James Earle Fraser
Biography James Earle Fraser (November 4, 1876 – October 11, 1953) was an American sculptor during the first half of the 20th century. His work is integral to many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic structures. Fraser was born in Winona, Minnesota. James’ wife Laura’s genealogy could be traced back to Protestant Huguenots. His mother Caroline’s… Continue reading
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Anna Hyatt Huntington
Biography Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (March 10, 1876 – October 4, 1973) was an American sculptor who was among New York City’s most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century. At a time when very few women were successful artists, she had a thriving career. Hyatt Huntington exhibited often, traveled widely, received critical acclaim at… Continue reading
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John Quincy Adams Ward
Biography John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City. Ward was the fourth of eight children born to John Anderson Ward and… Continue reading
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Piccirilli Brothers
Biography The Piccirilli (pronounced pea-chee-really) brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), a stone carver in Massa, Italy and… Continue reading
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William Rudolf O’Donovan
Biography William Rudolf O’Donovan (March 28, 1844 – April 20, 1920) was an American sculptor. O’Donovan was born in Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was self-taught as a sculptor. After the Civil War, in which O’Donovan served in the Confederate army, he opened a studio in New York City and became well known… Continue reading
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Frederick William MacMonnies
Biography Frederick William MacMonnies (September 28, 1863 – March 22, 1937) was an expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist. He was born in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York and died in New… Continue reading
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
Biography Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was “arguably the world’s most famous living artist by 1880.” The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects. He is considered one of the… Continue reading
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Biography Augustus Saint-Gaudens helped shape a distinctly American school of art. His sculptural works continue to influence how Americans view their country, its past, and the United States’ place in the world. Saint-Gaudens was born in Ireland to Mary McGuiness and Bernard Saint-Gaudens, a French shoemaker. Six months later, the family immigrated to New York… Continue reading
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