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George Grey Barnard

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BARNARD, GEORGE GREY American sculptor, was born at Bellefonte (Pa.), on May 24, 1863. He first studied at the Art institute, Chicago, and in 1883-87 worked in P. T. Cavelier's atelier at Paris. He lived in Paris for 12 years, returning to America in 1896; and with his first exhibit at the Salon of 1894 he scored a great success. His early works include "The Boy" (1885) ; "Brotherly Love," sometimes called "Two Friends" (1887); the allegorical "Two Natures" (1894, in the Metropolitan museum, New York city) ; "The Hewer" (1902, at Cairo, Ill.) ; and "Great God Pan" (in Central park, New York city). In 1912 he completed his two groups of 31 statues for the Pennsylvania capitol at Harrisburg. His bronze statue of Lincoln, heroic in size and the subject of bitter controversy, was unveiled in Lytle park, Cincinnati, in 1917. Prominent critics denounced it, Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, objected to the plac ing of replicas in London and Paris, and the National Academy of Design issued a formal protest. On the other hand, many admirers of Lincoln, including Miss Tarbell, his biographer, and Theodore Roosevelt, warmly praised it. Most notable among Barnard's later works are "Rising Woman" (1918) and "Adam and Eve" (1923), both in marble and purchased by J. D. Rockefeller, Jr.; "A Monument to Democracy" (1920), containing 400 figures in plaster; and "Let There Be Light," a bronze statue of heroic size, for Louisville (Ky.) (1925).

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