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1858 Concord, Vermon - 1945 New York City. Known for: Marble portrait female sculpture, medallic art.
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A leading sculptor of the Renaissance Revival movement, Herbert Adams was born in Concord, Vermont at a time when American sculptors were turning away from antiquities to modern subjects and methods.... Read full biography
A leading sculptor of the Renaissance Revival movement, Herbert Adams was born in Concord, Vermont at a time when American sculptors were turning away from antiquities to modern subjects and methods. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a student at the Ecole des Beaux... Read full biography
A leading sculptor of the Renaissance Revival movement, Herbert Adams was born in Concord, Vermont at a time when American sculptors were turning away from antiquities to modern subjects and methods. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris during the period when American artists were turning away from copying antiquities to more creative, lively surface modeling. He earned honorable mentions in the Paris Salon* of 1888 and... Read full biography
A leading sculptor of the Renaissance Revival movement, Herbert Adams was born in Concord, Vermont at a time when American sculptors were turning away from antiquities to modern subjects and methods. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris during the period when American artists were turning away from copying antiquities to more creative, lively surface modeling. He earned honorable mentions in the Paris Salon* of 1888 and 1889 as well as many other medals at American expositions and exhibitions. He was a member of the National Academy of Design*, which he also served as President. He did numerous frontal busts of attractive women in vaguely historical costumes,... Read full biography
A leading sculptor of the Renaissance Revival movement, Herbert Adams was born in Concord, Vermont at a time when American sculptors were turning away from antiquities to modern subjects and methods. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris during the period when American artists were turning away from copying antiquities to more creative, lively surface modeling. He earned honorable mentions in the Paris Salon* of 1888 and 1889 as well as many other medals at American expositions and exhibitions. He was a member of the National Academy of Design*, which he also served as President. He did numerous frontal busts of attractive women in vaguely historical costumes, suggesting Renaissance* styles, and often his model was his beautiful wife, Adeline Pond Adams whom he married in 1899. The... Read full biography