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Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919)[1] 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.[2]

Notable works

• Statue of Thomas Cass, in Boston (1899).[3]
• Bust of Francis Amasa Walker in the Boston Public Library (1901).[4]
• Statues for Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection (1903):
  • Charles Carroll[5]
  • John Hanson[6]
• Statue of William Henry Seward, in Seattle (1909) for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910.[7]
• Statue of Robert Treat Paine (a Signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Taunton, Massachusetts (1904)[8]
• Statue of John H. McGraw, in Seattle (1913).[9]

Gallery

• 
  Francis Amasa Walker, 1901
• 
  Robert Treat Paine, 1904
• 
  William Henry Seward, 1909
• 
  Statue of John McGraw, 1913

Honors

• Elected to National Sculpture Society (1897).[10]
• Gold medal in sculpture at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition 1901.[11]
• Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.[12]

Notes

References

• Taft, Lorado (1903), History of American Sculpture, MacMillan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Edwin Brooks.

• The Points on the Park Sculpture Park
• The Monumental City Famous Monuments
• New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904
• "The New Senate Chamber". Maryland State Archives. April 13, 2006. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011.

Pictures of the artist

• Warner, Arthur Churchill (c. 1909), Richard E. Brooks - nd., University of Washington Digital Collections, WAR0354
• Mr. Richard E. Brooks, NYPL Digital Gallery, 1129763

Pictures of sculptures

• "Song of the Wave". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• "The Bather". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• "Colonel Thomas Cass Statue". Irish-American Historic Places. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
• Warner, Arthur Churchill. "William Henry Seward monument in Seattle, n.d." University of Washington Digital Collections.
• Curtis, Asahel, Statue of John H. McGraw, Seattle, University of Washington Digital Collections, CUR1051
• "The Annapolis Complex Collection". Maryland State Archives. 2002. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09.

Newspaper

• "Statue of Col. Thomas Cass", The New York Times, p. 1, September 23, 1899
• "Art Awards at Buffalo", The New York Times, p. 7, August 7, 1901
• "The Liverpool Exchange Fire", The New York Times, p. 8, December 7, 1901
• "Exhibit by Five Sculptors", The New York Times, p. 6, March 20, 1908
• "Paris Salon Shows Many Americans", The New York Times, p. 4, May 1, 1909
• "Col. Astor in Tennis Match", The New York Times, p. 9, August 8, 1911
• Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph (February 11, 1912), "American Art Show Wins Paris Praise", The New York Times, p. C4

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