William Couper (sculptor)
- William Couper (sculptor)
William L Couper (1853-1942) was an American sculptor.Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Couper returned from the studios of Munich and Florence and established himself in New York in 1897 as a portraitist and sculptor of busts in the modern Italian manner. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Thomas Ball (1819-1911) and colleague of Daniel Chester French.
Couper is well known for his winged figures, such as the Recording Angel in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, and allegorical figures Pysche, and A Crown for the Victor, in the Montclair Art Museum.
Couper lived in Montclair, New Jersey until his death in 1942. [Raynor, Vivien. [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F40E1EF9395C0C748EDDAB0994D9484D81 " Art; THE MAGNET OF MONTCLAIR: ITS ATTRACTIONS ON VIEW"] , "The New York Times", December 27, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2007. "By the 1890's, the colony included several sculptors, among them Jonathan Scott Hartley, Inness's son-in-law, and William Couper. It was Couper who built the substantial villa, "Poggioridente," an Italianate pile that still stands on Upper Mountain Avenue."]
Works
* Confederate Monument in downtown Norfolk, VA 1906
* Bronze statue of Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
* Statue of Captain John Smith overlooking the James River at Jamestown
* Bronze bust of Charles Darwin, created NY 1909 and presented to the American Museum of Natural History. [ [http://www.galapagos.to/TEXTS/COUPER.HTM Darwin Bust ] at www.galapagos.to] A replica of this piece was also presented to Christ's College, Cambridge where Darwin had been an undergraduate.
* Statue of Joseph Bryan, Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia 1910
References
ources
* Couper, Greta Elena, "An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour: The Life and Works of William Couper (1853-1942), TreCavalli Press, 1988
External links
* [http://www.wingedsun.com/books An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour] - a complete illustrated biography
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