Richard E. Brooks
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Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919)[1] was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, studied in Paris under the sculptor Jean-Paul Aubé (1837–1916). His early work Chant de la Vague (Song of the Wave) was idealistic; later works were more conventional statues.[2]
Notable works
- Statue of Thomas Cass, in Boston (1899).[3]
- Bust of Francis Amasa Walker in the Boston Central Library (1899).[4]
- Statues for Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection (1903):
- Statue of William Henry Seward, in Seattle (1909) for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910.[7]
- Statue of Robert Treat Paine (a Signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Taunton, Massachusetts (1904)[8]
- Statue of John H. McGraw, in Seattle (1913).[9]
Gallery
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Francis Amasa Walker, 1899
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Robert Treat Paine, 1904
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William Henry Seward, 1909
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Statue of John McGraw, 1913
Honors
- Elected to National Sculpture Society (1897).[10]
- Gold medal in sculpture at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition 1901.[11]
- Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.[12]
Notes
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References
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External links
- The Points on the Park Sculpture Park
- The Monumental City Famous Monuments
- New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904
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- 1865 births
- 1919 deaths
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- People from Braintree, Massachusetts
- Sculptors from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century American male artists
- 19th-century American sculptors
- 19th-century American male artists
- American male sculptors
- Artists of the Boston Public Library
- American expatriates in France