Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922). It has been said that Henry Merwin Shrady created some of the finest bronze wildlife and Indian sculptures of the American West. Shrady also attained considerable... Read full biography
Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922). It has been said that Henry Merwin Shrady created some of the finest bronze wildlife and Indian sculptures of the American West. Shrady also attained considerable notoriety for his masterwork, Appomattox Memorial Monument to General Ulysses S. Grant in Washington,... Read full biography
Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922). It has been said that Henry Merwin Shrady created some of the finest bronze wildlife and Indian sculptures of the American West. Shrady also attained considerable notoriety for his masterwork, Appomattox Memorial Monument to General Ulysses S. Grant in Washington, D.C., which he devoted twenty-two years to producing. Henry Shady was born in New York City, the son of a surgeon. He had no formal art instruction; rather he studied law at Columbia University. Shrady... Read full biography
Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922). It has been said that Henry Merwin Shrady created some of the finest bronze wildlife and Indian sculptures of the American West. Shrady also attained considerable notoriety for his masterwork, Appomattox Memorial Monument to General Ulysses S. Grant in Washington, D.C., which he devoted twenty-two years to producing. Henry Shady was born in New York City, the son of a surgeon. He had no formal art instruction; rather he studied law at Columbia University. Shrady was prevented by illness from practicing the law he studied at Columbia, and entered the match business in 1900, failing miserably. The same year, at twenty-nine, he began sketching and painting. Shrady enjoyed drawing. On his way home from work he... Read full biography
Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922). It has been said that Henry Merwin Shrady created some of the finest bronze wildlife and Indian sculptures of the American West. Shrady also attained considerable notoriety for his masterwork, Appomattox Memorial Monument to General Ulysses S. Grant in Washington, D.C., which he devoted twenty-two years to producing. Henry Shady was born in New York City, the son of a surgeon. He had no formal art instruction; rather he studied law at Columbia University. Shrady was prevented by illness from practicing the law he studied at Columbia, and entered the match business in 1900, failing miserably. The same year, at twenty-nine, he began sketching and painting. Shrady enjoyed drawing. On his way home from work he would often stop at a pet shop to sketch the animals displayed in the window.&nb... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (31)
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art
2009
Harris, Adam Duncan
262 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1994
National Gallery of Art
283 pages
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
Frontier America: Art From Buffalo Bill Historical Center
1988
Fees, Paul; Sarah E Boehme
128 pages (color)
New World Visions of Household Gods and Sacred Places American Art, 1650-1914
1988
Scully, Vincent
183 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Treasures of the Old West Thomas Gilcrease Institute
1984
Hassrick, Peter H
127 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
The Treasures of Gilcrease (Tulsa OK)
1979
Myers, Fred
106 pages (color)
The Lure of the Great West
1978
Getlein, Frank
352 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures
1974
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy
80 pages
Bronzes of the American West
1973
Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro)
429 pages (color)
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
The Art of the Old West From the Collection of the Gilcrease Institute
1971
Rossi, Paul/David Hunt
335 pages (color)
American Art A Historical Survey
1966
Green, Samuel M
706 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One