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THE MENTOR
"A Wise and Faithful Guide and Friend"
Vol. 1 No. 36
FAMOUS AMERICAN SCULPTORS
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD
FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES
GEORGE GREY BARNARD
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS
PAUL WAYLAND BARTLETT
The story of American sculpture is a brief one compared with the chronicles of other lands. Our first professional sculptors, Horatio Greenough and Hiram Powers, were both born in 1805. In European countries the records of the last hundred years are but fragments, brief sequels to the story of ages of endeavor. It is difficult to realize that our actual achievement, from the very kindergarten stage of an unknown art to the proud eminence held by American sculpture in the Paris Exposition of 1900, was the work of but three score years and ten--was seen in its entirety by many living men.
BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN SCULPTURE
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