American Sculptor, Educator.
Born in Paris to American parents and educated at Columbia University in New York City, his commissioned sculptures included Pocahontas at Jamestown, Virginia; the Pieta at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City; Alexander Hamilton at Hamilton Grange, New York; the Resurrection bas-relief at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; and, portrait busts of Thomas Jefferson, Samuel J. Tilden, Edward Everett Hale, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Shakespeare.
At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 at Chicago, eleven of his works were displayed. He lectured at Stanford University and was a professor of art at George Washington University. Among his publications are: Art for America (1894), The Song Life of a Sculptor (1894), The Technique of Sculpture (1895), The Angel of Clay (1900), a novel, and Nathan Hale, the Ideal Patriot (1902).
Born in Paris to American parents and educated at Columbia University in New York City, his commissioned sculptures included Pocahontas at Jamestown, Virginia; the Pieta at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City; Alexander Hamilton at Hamilton Grange, New York; the Resurrection bas-relief at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; and, portrait busts of Thomas Jefferson, Samuel J. Tilden, Edward Everett Hale, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Shakespeare.
At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 at Chicago, eleven of his works were displayed. He lectured at Stanford University and was a professor of art at George Washington University. Among his publications are: Art for America (1894), The Song Life of a Sculptor (1894), The Technique of Sculpture (1895), The Angel of Clay (1900), a novel, and Nathan Hale, the Ideal Patriot (1902).
American Sculptor, Educator.
Born in Paris to American parents and educated at Columbia University in New York City, his commissioned sculptures included Pocahontas at Jamestown, Virginia; the Pieta at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City; Alexander Hamilton at Hamilton Grange, New York; the Resurrection bas-relief at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; and, portrait busts of Thomas Jefferson, Samuel J. Tilden, Edward Everett Hale, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Shakespeare.
At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 at Chicago, eleven of his works were displayed. He lectured at Stanford University and was a professor of art at George Washington University. Among his publications are: Art for America (1894), The Song Life of a Sculptor (1894), The Technique of Sculpture (1895), The Angel of Clay (1900), a novel, and Nathan Hale, the Ideal Patriot (1902).
Born in Paris to American parents and educated at Columbia University in New York City, his commissioned sculptures included Pocahontas at Jamestown, Virginia; the Pieta at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City; Alexander Hamilton at Hamilton Grange, New York; the Resurrection bas-relief at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; and, portrait busts of Thomas Jefferson, Samuel J. Tilden, Edward Everett Hale, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Shakespeare.
At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 at Chicago, eleven of his works were displayed. He lectured at Stanford University and was a professor of art at George Washington University. Among his publications are: Art for America (1894), The Song Life of a Sculptor (1894), The Technique of Sculpture (1895), The Angel of Clay (1900), a novel, and Nathan Hale, the Ideal Patriot (1902).
Gravesite Details
Cremated at Freshpond, Ashes not located here.
