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1829 Salem, Massachusetts - 1904 New Canaan, Connecticut. Known for: Genre and figure sculpture, Rogers Groups of adults and children figures.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, John Rogers became a highly sought after sculptor and modeler of figures and genre subjects in the mid 19th century. He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, John Rogers became a highly sought after sculptor and modeler of figures and genre subjects in the mid 19th century. He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He spent his early life as a clerk in New England, New York City, and the... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, John Rogers became a highly sought after sculptor and modeler of figures and genre subjects in the mid 19th century. He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He spent his early life as a clerk in New England, New York City, and the Middle West, living in Missouri from 1848 to 1857. As early as 1849, Rogers began modelling with clay, but it was 1858 when he decided to become a professional sculptor. He took his training in Paris and... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, John Rogers became a highly sought after sculptor and modeler of figures and genre subjects in the mid 19th century. He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He spent his early life as a clerk in New England, New York City, and the Middle West, living in Missouri from 1848 to 1857. As early as 1849, Rogers began modelling with clay, but it was 1858 when he decided to become a professional sculptor. He took his training in Paris and Rome where he associated with prominent American sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Richard Greenough. However, the dominant style of Neo-Classicism* taught in Italy was not to his liking because it was too restrained and formal and did not tell the... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, John Rogers became a highly sought after sculptor and modeler of figures and genre subjects in the mid 19th century. He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northampton and Roxbury, Massachusetts. He spent his early life as a clerk in New England, New York City, and the Middle West, living in Missouri from 1848 to 1857. As early as 1849, Rogers began modelling with clay, but it was 1858 when he decided to become a professional sculptor. He took his training in Paris and Rome where he associated with prominent American sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Richard Greenough. However, the dominant style of Neo-Classicism* taught in Italy was not to his liking because it was too restrained and formal and did not tell the stories he had in his mind to tell through bronze. So he gave up sculpting and returned to America where he lived briefly in Roxbury and then went to... Read full biography
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Keywords (50)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Abraham Lincoln
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •George Washington
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portrait Bust Sculpture
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Statue Sculpture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Missouri River Valley Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
Art Teacher
- •Antoine-Laurent Dantan
- •Benjamin Edward Spence
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City NE
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Civil War Artist and/or Photographer
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
- •Yankee Stonecutter
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts