New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts / France. 1848 - 1907
Portrait and figure sculpture, monuments
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1805 Woodstock, Vermont - 1873 Florence, Italy. Known for: Marble sculpture-neo classical figure.
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A preeminent Neo-Classical* American sculptor of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers was a carver in marble* of figures including many subjects from Greek mythology. According to one source, his... Read full biography
A preeminent Neo-Classical* American sculptor of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers was a carver in marble* of figures including many subjects from Greek mythology. According to one source, his work, Prosperone, became "the most favored single piece among Powers' work, and it was copied more... Read full biography
A preeminent Neo-Classical* American sculptor of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers was a carver in marble* of figures including many subjects from Greek mythology. According to one source, his work, Prosperone, became "the most favored single piece among Powers' work, and it was copied more times than any other work ever produced by an American sculptor" (Christie's New York, 12/2/1988). His sculpture, Greek Slave, was "the best known work of the mid century". (Samuels, 379). Born on a... Read full biography
A preeminent Neo-Classical* American sculptor of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers was a carver in marble* of figures including many subjects from Greek mythology. According to one source, his work, Prosperone, became "the most favored single piece among Powers' work, and it was copied more times than any other work ever produced by an American sculptor" (Christie's New York, 12/2/1988). His sculpture, Greek Slave, was "the best known work of the mid century". (Samuels, 379). Born on a poverty-stricken farm in Vermont, near Woodstock, in 1805, Powers had humble beginnings, being the eighth of nine children. His family moved to Cincinnati where from the ages of 17 to 23, he held jobs in the Luman Watson clock and organ factory, and he... Read full biography
A preeminent Neo-Classical* American sculptor of the nineteenth century, Hiram Powers was a carver in marble* of figures including many subjects from Greek mythology. According to one source, his work, Prosperone, became "the most favored single piece among Powers' work, and it was copied more times than any other work ever produced by an American sculptor" (Christie's New York, 12/2/1988). His sculpture, Greek Slave, was "the best known work of the mid century". (Samuels, 379). Born on a poverty-stricken farm in Vermont, near Woodstock, in 1805, Powers had humble beginnings, being the eighth of nine children. His family moved to Cincinnati where from the ages of 17 to 23, he held jobs in the Luman Watson clock and organ factory, and he studied with portrait sculptor Frederick Eckstein from whom he learned clay modeling and plaster casting. He... Read full biography
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New York, New Hampshire. 1885 - 1966
Art deco figure sculpture, medallic art
New York / France. 1863 - 1937
Classical religious and mythology sculpture, monuments, painting
New York, Connecticut / Italy. 1810 - 1894
Neo classical portrait bust sculpture
New York, Connecticut, Missouri. 1872 - 1955
Female figure sculpture, statuettes, painting
Pennsylvania / Germany. 1815 - 1872
Sumptuous still life
New York, New Jersey / Italy, Germany. 1890 - 1978
Classical figure sculpture, medallic art
New York, North Dakota. 1895 - 1942
Stone figure sculpture, wood carving
Massachusetts, New Jersey / Italy. 1819 - 1911
Portrait marble sculpture, miniature painting
New York. 1879 - 1947
Sculptor-allegorical figure, monument
Illinois / France. 1885 - 1956
Sculpture, non ob woodcuts, painting
New York / France. 1877 - 1962
Equestrian commemorative sculpture
New York / France, Poland. 1882 - 1946
Abstract figure and animal sculpture
New York, Massachusetts. 1882 - 1935
Sculpture-caricature nude, sketches
Massachusetts, New York. 1850 - 1931
Historical figure sculpture
Pennsylvania, New York. 1883 - 1965
Precisionist painting-architecture, landscape, interiors
Pennsylvania / England. 1783 - 1872
Portrait, historical, and landscape painting
Massachusetts / United Kingdom. 1738 - 1815
Portrait, historical, genre and religious painting
New York, California, Ontario. 1862 - 1950
Life size animal and figure sculpture
New York, Illinois. 1843 - 1907
Wild animal sculpture, animalier
New York / Europe. 1887 - 1966
Ethnic portraits and figure sculpture, ballet dancers
Pennsylvania. 1808 - 1886
Food still life and portrait painting
New York, Connecticut. 1880 - 1980
Nude female figure sculpture
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. 1854 - 1907
Trompe still life, marine and portrait painting
Massachusetts, Maine / Europe. 1824 - 1906
Portrait, genre-figure, and landscape painting
Massachusetts, New York / France. 1858 - 1924
Modernist genre-crowds, landscape and still life painting
Illinois, Minnesota / France, Russian Federation. 1889 - 1963
Figure-landscape, still life and genre painting
Massachusetts, California, Vermont / France. 1853 - 1897
Landscape theme paintings, plein- air
Massachusetts. 1862 - 1929
Mural, contemplative female, landscape
New York. 1871 - 1922
Wildlife, monument and Indian figure sculpture
Pennsylvania / France. 1844 - 1916
Figure, genre, portrait and marine painting, teaching
Massachusetts, Rhode Island / England. 1755 - 1828
Portrait painting, some genre-figure