- Herbert Adams (sculptor)
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location =West Concord ,Vermont
deathdate = death date and age |1945|5|21|1858|1|28|
deathplace =New York City
nationality = American
field =Sculpture
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awards =Herbert Samuel Adams (
January 28 ,1858 -May 21 ,1945 ) was an American sculptor.Herbert Adams was born at
West Concord ,Vermont . He was educated at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology , and at theMassachusetts Normal Art School , and in 1885-1890 he was a pupil ofAntonin Mercié in Paris.In 1890-1898 he was an instructor in the art school of
Pratt Institute ,Brooklyn, New York . In 1906 he was elected vice-president of theNational Academy of Design , New York. He experimented successfully with somepolychrome busts and tintedmarble s, notably in the "Rabbi's Daughter" and a portrait of MissJulia Marlowe , the actress; and he is at his best in his portrait busts of women, the best example being the study, completed in 1887, of Miss Adeline Pond, whom he afterwards married.Among his other productions are a fountain for
Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1888); a number of works for theLibrary of Congress ,Washington, D.C. , including the bronze doors ("Writing") begun by Olin Warner, and the statue of ProfessorJoseph Henry ; memorial tablets for theMassachusetts State House ; a memorial to Jonathan Edwards, atNorthampton, Massachusetts ; statues ofRichard Smith , the type-founder, inPhiladelphia , and ofWilliam Ellery Channing , inBoston (1902); and the Vanderbilt memorial bronze doors for St. Bartholomew's Church in New York.Cass Gilbert who designed the James Scott Memorial Fountain (1925) onBelle Isle (Michigan) , commissioned Adams as the sculptor for the statue of James Scott.Zacharias, Pat (September 5, 1999). [http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=165 Monuments of Detroit] Michigan History, "Detroit News". Retrieved on November 21, 2007.]Adams died in
New York City in 1945.Notes
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American National Biography , vol. 1, pp. 96-97.
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