Carl Augustus Heber
Memorial in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Carl Augustus Heber (April 15, 1874 or 1875[1] –1956) was an American sculptor noted for his public monuments.
Heber was born in Stuttgart, Germany and at a young age moved to Dundee, Illinois.[2] He moved to Chicago where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft.[3] He continued his studies in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts before returning to the United States. He eventually settled in New York City and many of his works can be found in New York state.
Heber was a member of the National Sculpture Society and exhibited at their 1923 exhibit.[4]
Selected works
Heber's works include:[5]
- General Philip Sheridan Monument, equestrian statue, Somerset, Ohio, 1905
- Schiller Monument, Schiller Park, Rochester, New York, 1907
- Virgil, or Roman Epic Poetry, allegorical statue on the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1909
- Spirit of Industry and Spirit of Commerce granite reliefs on the Manhattan Bridge, New York, New York, 1909-1914
- Champlain Memorial lighthouse sculpture of Sameuel Champlain, Crown Point, New York, another casting in Plattsburgh, New York 1912
- Charles J. Everett Memorial, Goshen, New York, 1916
- James W. Husted Memorial, Peekskill, New York, 1917
- War Memorial, New York County Courthouse, New York, New York 1919 or 1920
- Veterans Monument, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1923
- Greenpoint War Memorial (World War I), McGolrick Park, Brooklyn, NY ca. 1923
- Herald of the Dawn, Grand View Cemetery, Batavia, New York, 1925
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References
- ↑ McGlauflin, Alice Coe, editor, "Who’s Who in American Art", The American Federation of Arts, Inc., Washington D.C., 1937
- ↑ Taft, Lorado, "The History of American Sculpture", The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925, p. 555-556
- ↑ National Sculpture Society, "Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue", National Sculpture Society, NY 1923 p.97
- ↑ National Sculpture Society, "Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue", National Sculpture Society, NY 1923 p. 96
- ↑ http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=H3188B7011091.107157&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!203315~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Heber%2C+Carl+Augustus%2C+1874%2F75-1956%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR
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