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1839 New Preston, Connecticut - 1920 Mount Vernon, New York. Known for: Life size and portrait bust sculpture, monuments, carved marble.
George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the... Read full biography
George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South... Read full biography
George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York. He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the... Read full biography
George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York. He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883-1896, with occasional visits to America. Among his more important works are:. • Union Soldier, Town Green, Colchester, Connecticut, 1875. • Frederic de Peyster, New York Historical Society, New York City, ca. 1875. • Chatfield Monument,... Read full biography
George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York. He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883-1896, with occasional visits to America. Among his more important works are:. • Union Soldier, Town Green, Colchester, Connecticut, 1875. • Frederic de Peyster, New York Historical Society, New York City, ca. 1875. • Chatfield Monument, Riverside... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArtists of the Litchfield Hills
2003
(Exhibition catalog)Austin, Robert Michael132 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAmerican Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume One: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Before 1865
1999Tolles, Thayer (Editor); Lauretta Dimmick, Donna J. Hassler451 pages (color)Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Carr, Carolyn K408 pages (color)The Art of Exclusion Representing Blacks in the 19th Century
1990Boime, Albert256 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesAmerican Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface430 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesSculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984Craven, Wayne782 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesThe Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel730 pagesThe Treasures of Gilcrease (Tulsa OK)
1979Myers, Fred106 pages (color)American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977Brown, Milton W631 pages (color)The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesAmerican Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941New York Historical Society367 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesThe National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Inst, Bulletin 70
1909Rathbun, Richard140 pagesHandbook of the New Library of Congress in Washington
1897Small, Herbert (compiler)128 pages