Roland Hinton Perry (January 25, 1870 – October 27, 1941)[1] was an American sculptor and painter.
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| Born | January 25, 1870 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 27, 1941 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Gate of Heaven Cemetery 41°05′45″N 73°47′40″W / 41.095697°N 73.794546°W |
| Notable work | Thompson Elk Fountain (1900) Commonwealth (1905) |
Background
editPerry was born in New York City to George and Ione (Hinton) Perry, and entered the École des Beaux Arts in 1890 at the age of 19. At 21, he studied at the Académie Julian and Académie Delécluse in Paris and focused on sculpture, the medium in which he would achieve the most artistic success.
Career
editAfter returning to the United States, Perry received a commission to sculpt a series of bas-reliefs for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1894. The following year, he was commissioned to create the Court of Neptune Fountain in front of the Library's main building, now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building.
The success of this work in Washington led to other commissions including a design for the statue of Commonwealth on top of the dome of Pennsylvania's new Capitol Building in 1905. He also created the spandrels on the temporary Dewey Arch in New York City (1899), Thompson Elk Fountain standing in the Plaza Blocks of downtown Portland, Oregon (1900), interior reliefs for the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, (1903), statues of Dr. Benjamin Rush in Washington and of General George S. Greene at Gettysburg Battlefield (both 1904), the Perry Lions on the Connecticut Avenue Bridge in Washington (1906), a figural group atop Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee (1907), the John B Castleman Monument (1913), and a monument to the Thirty-Eighth Infantry in Syracuse, New York (1920).
Perry was a member of the Grand Central Art Galleries and the National Sculpture Society. Many of his paintings are displayed at the Detroit Museum of Art.
Perry's cousin was the sculptor Clio Hinton Bracken, and the two shared studio space for a time.[2]
Death
editPerry died in New York City on October 27, 1941, at the age of 71.[1]
Gallery
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Self-portrait (1923), Chalk Study -
Thompson Elk Fountain (1900), Portland, Oregon -
George S. Greene monument (1904), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Bronze sculpture of a lion (1898, cast 1905), Golden Gate Park -
Perry Lions (1906) on the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Washington, D.C. -
John Breckinridge Castleman Equestrian Statue (1913) Louisville, Kentucky -
Bronze relief portrait of Col. George W. Neely at Vicksburg National Military Park
References
edit- ^ a b "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WRL-TLD : 20 March 2015), Roland Perry, 27 Oct 1941; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,130,459.
- ^ Robin R. Salmon (2009). Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-7385-6656-6.
- Roland Hinton Perry at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Capitol: Capitol Artists
- "R. H. Perry is Dead", The New York Times, October 29, 1941.
- "Roland Perry, Sculptor, Dies", The Washington Post, October 30, 1941.