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George Brewster (sculptor)

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George Thomas Brewster (1862–1943) was an American sculptor and architectural sculptor, known for his portraits and war memorials. Brewster taught modeling at Cooper Union, beginning in 1900; at the Art Students League of New York, beginning in 1886; and at the Rhode Island School of Design, in 1893 and 1894.

Life and education

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Brewster was born on February 24, 1862, in Kingston, Massachusetts.[1] He studied first at the Massachusetts State Normal Art School in Boston, and then for three years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. His teachers there included Augustin Dumont and Antonin Mercie.[2]

Selected works

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Selected Works
Independent Man (1899-1900), atop the Rhode Island State House
Alexander Hamilton, 1793 at Hamilton College, 1918
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 1920
Protection of the Flag, Athens, Pennsylvania, 1902

Works in the Vicksburg National Military Park

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References

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  1. ^ "You are being redirected..." ctstatelibrary.org.
  2. ^ David B. Dearinger (2004). Paintings & Sculpture at the Nat. Academy ofDesign, Vol. 1: 1826-1925. Hudson Hills. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
  3. ^ Rick A. Ball (1975). Indianapolis Architecture. Indiana Architectural Foundation.
  4. ^ "IDOA: History of the Victory Sculpture". www.in.gov.
  5. ^ Janet Hayden Jagger; Domenic Carbone (Jr.); Warrren Jagger; Thomas S. Michie; William McKenzie Woodward (2002). Most Admirable: The Rhode Island State House. Rhode Island State House Restoration Society. ISBN 978-0-9718523-0-3.
  6. ^ "Alexander Hamilton, 1793, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  7. ^ a b Fitts, Deborah (January 2004). "Spray-painting Vandal Damages Vicksburg Monuments". Civil War News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  8. ^ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". siris-artinventories.si.edu.