William Henry Rinehart

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birthdate = 1825
location = Maryland
deathdate = 1874
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nationality = American
field = Sculpture
training = Maryland Institute College of Art
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William Henry Rinehart, American sculptor (1825 - 1874), was born in Maryland and studied sculpture in Baltimore, at what is now called the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1858 he relocated to Italy, where he resided for the rest of his life. He died in Italy (Rome or perhaps Florence - sources are inconclusive).

According to artcyclopedia.com and askart.com, Rinehart's sculptures, neoclassical in style and mostly of human figures, are in public collections such as those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the National Gallery of Art, (Washington, DC), the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , the Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York City), the Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh), and Ohio's Columbus Museum of Art, among others. According to the website of the Carnegie Museum, Rinehart "is considered the last important American sculptor to work in the classical style." [http://www.cmoa.org/searchcollections/details.aspx?item=1035767]

Rinehart was financially successful in his lifetime, executing many commissions for wealthy and cultured clients. American patrons often traveled to Italy to meet Rinehart and plan projects for their estates back in America. Rinehart's most important patron and sponsor was William T. Walters, founder of Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum).

William Henry Rinehart left his estate in trust for the teaching of sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In his name, MICA established the Rinehart School of Sculpture and a Rinehart fellowship. The Rinehart School's alumni would one day include the estimable Hans Schuler, born the year Rinehart died.

Rinehart is buried in Baltimore's renowned Greenmount Cemetery.

ee also

*Maryland Institute College of Art
*Walters Art Museum
*Neoclassicism
*Arthur Quartley (American painter; friend of William Henry Rinehart)

References

Articles

*Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/62736609&referer=brief_results "William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874)"] (New York : The Museum, ©1999-©2001) OCLC|62736609
*Stebbins, Theodore E. [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/62180474&referer=brief_results "William Henry Rinehart"] (Boston, MA : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992) OCLC|62180474

Books

*Davenport, Ray, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/64f8371d06bf1b13a19afeb4da09e526.html "Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide, Gold Edition"] (Ventura, California, 2005) ISSN 1540-1553; OCLC|18196910
*Ross, Marvin C. Walters Art Gallery; Johns Hopkins University; Peabody Institute. [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/62736609&referer=brief_results "A catalogue of the work of William Henry Rinehart, Maryland sculptor, 1825-1874"] (Baltimore: Trustees of the Peabody Institute and the Walters Art Gallery, 1948) OCLC|62736609
*Rusk, William Sener. [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/3271240&referer=brief_results "William Henry Rinehart, sculptor"] (Baltimore, Md., N.T.A. Munder, 1939) OCLC|3271240
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External links

* [http://www.metmuseum.org/search/iquery.asp?command=text&datascope=all&attr1=Rinehart Page on William Henry Rinehart] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [includes IMAGES of some of Rinehart's works in the museum's collection]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/rinehart_william_henry.html Artcyclopedia page on William Henry Rinehart] [features links to many IMAGES of the sculptures at museums and public collections]
* [http://www.askart.com/AskART/R/william_henry_rinehart/william_henry_rinehart.aspx?searchtype=SUMMARY&artist=89933 Askart.com page on William Henry Rinehart] [includes an IMAGE]
* [http://www.marylandartsource.org/artists/detail_000000021.html Marylandartsource.com page on William Henry Rinehart]
* [http://www.findartinfo.com/search/showitem~price~927281~name~Sleeping_Children.asp Auction result] , Sothebys, New York, 24 May 2006, with COLOR IMAGE
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