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Boston, MA 02108
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1819 Salem, Massachusetts - 1895 Vallombrosa, Italy. Known for: Classical figure and portrait sculpture, writing.
William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century sculptor known for idealized classical* subjects including Cleopatra, Lybian Sibyl and the Medea. He was the son of US Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and... Read full biography
William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century sculptor known for idealized classical* subjects including Cleopatra, Lybian Sibyl and the Medea. He was the son of US Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1819, and educated at Harvard University. He had begun a... Read full biography
William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century sculptor known for idealized classical* subjects including Cleopatra, Lybian Sibyl and the Medea. He was the son of US Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1819, and educated at Harvard University. He had begun a successful career as a lawyer, writing several important books on the law when his father died in 1845. A memorial statue of the famous jurist was planned, and at the younger Story's request, the... Read full biography
William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century sculptor known for idealized classical* subjects including Cleopatra, Lybian Sibyl and the Medea. He was the son of US Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1819, and educated at Harvard University. He had begun a successful career as a lawyer, writing several important books on the law when his father died in 1845. A memorial statue of the famous jurist was planned, and at the younger Story's request, the commission for it was granted to his son, although the younger Story was at best an amateur artist who continued to practice law after his father's death. He traveled to Italy to prepare himself for the endeavor and worked on the model in Rome in 1848-49. In... Read full biography
William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century sculptor known for idealized classical* subjects including Cleopatra, Lybian Sibyl and the Medea. He was the son of US Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, and was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1819, and educated at Harvard University. He had begun a successful career as a lawyer, writing several important books on the law when his father died in 1845. A memorial statue of the famous jurist was planned, and at the younger Story's request, the commission for it was granted to his son, although the younger Story was at best an amateur artist who continued to practice law after his father's death. He traveled to Italy to prepare himself for the endeavor and worked on the model in Rome in 1848-49. In 1850, he returned to Boston and briefly practiced law, but decided to abandon that career to become a full-time... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsButler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102