PROCTOR, prOklOr, Alexander Phimister, American sculptor: b. Ontario, Canada, 27 Sept. 1862. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Colorado where he was educated, studying later in New York art schools. He was the pupil of Puech and Ingalbert at Paris, and was awarded the Rinehart Paris scholar ship. He has been a frequent exhibitor at expositions and has been awarded the follow ing medals: Designers Medal, Chicago Ex position, 1893; Gold Medal, Paris 1900; Gold Medal, Saint Louis 1904; Gold Medal, Panama Pacific Exposition 1915. In 1904 he was made a member of the National Academy. Most of his works are representations of wild animals of which he has made a very close study by spending since early youth much time in hunt mg on the western plains and mountains. As a producing sculptor and as a critic of sculpture his reputation is high and he was appointed a member of the sculpture jury at the Paris Ex position of 1900 and at the Pan-American Ex position of 1901 at Buffalo, and a member of the New York Art Commission in 1903. Among
his works were the quadriga which he furnished for the United States pavilion at the Paris Ex position of 1900 and which was much admired. Others of his sculptures may be seen in the parks of New York, Denver and Pittsburgh. The lions on the McKinley Monument in Buf falo were designed by him. Other works by him are in the Saint Louis Art Gallery and in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Consult Nelson, W. H. de B., Proctor: Canadian Sculptor' (in Canadian Magazine, Vol. XLIV, p. 495, Toronto, 1915) Taft, L, (A. Phimister Proctor' (in Brush and Pencil, Vol. II, p. 241, Chicago 1898).