Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1867, Dec. 11 | Born, Norwich, Conn. |
1873 | Attended Yale University, School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Conn., where he studied with John Henry Niemeyer and John Ferguson Weir |
1887 | Attended Art Students League, New York, N.Y., where he studied with William Merritt Chase, Kenyon Cox, Francis Edwin Elwell, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
1890-1892 | Attended École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France), where he studied with Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière and Henri Chapu |
1892 | Received commission from World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., for the sculpture group The Genius of Navigation |
1893-1917 | Instructor in modeling, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. |
1897 | Married Helen Pray |
1895-1896 | Awarded commissions to create multiple works for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., including the spandrels entitled Science, Literature, and Arts; the figure, Philosophy; and the medallions, Winter, Autumn, Summer, and Spring |
1901 | Received silver medal, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1906 | Young Soldier sculpture, Saint Paul's School, Concord, N.H. |
1910 | Art and Science sculptures, Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. |
1914 | Nathan Hale sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1915 | Received gold medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif. |
1917, May 18 | Died, Boston, Mass. |