Richard E. Brooks
Illustration — Statue of Thomas Cass by Richard E. Brooks, 1899 Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) 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.
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Richard E. Brooks
Richard E. Brooks was sculptor · Richard E. Brooks · Public domain
- Born
- 1865. · Braintree.
- Died
- 1919. · Boston.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
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Illustration — Statue of Thomas Cass by Richard E. Brooks, 1899 Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) 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.
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• Statue of Thomas Cass, in Boston (1899). • Bust of Francis Amasa Walker in the Boston Central Library (1899). • Statues for Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection (1903): • Charles Carroll • John Hanson • Statue of William Henry Seward, in Seattle (1909) for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910. • Statue of Robert Treat Paine (a Signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Taunton, Massachusetts (1904) • Statue of John H. McGraw, in Seattle (1913).
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• Illustration — Francis Amasa Walker, 1899 • Illustration — Robert Treat Paine, 1904 • Illustration — William Henry Seward, 1909 • Illustration — Statue of John McGraw, 1913
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• Elected to National Sculpture Society (1897). • Gold medal in sculpture at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition 1901. • Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.
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