History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 10: Frederick MacMonnies
Frederick MacMonnies, Bacchante, 1894 (MetMuseum.org) and Horse Tamers, Prospect Park (Photos copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante and 1902 magazine illustration).

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 10: Frederick MacMonnies

About this series This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To…

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 9: Augustus Saint Gaudens
By Augustus Saint Gaudens: Diana, 1891 (Madison Square Garden). Shaw Memorial, 1897 (Boston Common). Photos from Wikipedia: MetMuseum.org and CarpTrash

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 9: Augustus Saint Gaudens

About this series This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To…

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 8: John Quincy Adams Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward, Alexander Lyman Holley, 1890.

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 8: John Quincy Adams Ward

This occasional series of blog posts will highlight the most important of the outdoor sculptures in New York City and provide some historical and art-historical context. To read other blog…

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 7: Allegorical and mythological figures through 1918
Piccirilli, Firemen's Memorial, 1913. Riverside Park. Photo copyright © 2015 Dianne L. Durante

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 7: Allegorical and mythological figures through 1918

The earliest allegorical figures in NYC This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/S19TXv1au_M. Allegorical figures represent abstract concepts such as Justice, Liberty, Fortune, Time, or Melancholy. Typically they’re…

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 6: the Arts, before 1918
Friedrich Beer, Washington Irving, 1885. In front of Washington Irving High School, 40 Irving Place at East 17th St.

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 6: the Arts, before 1918

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 5: Businessmen
John Quincy Adams Ward, Alexander Lyman Holley, 1890.

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 5: Businessmen

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History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 4: Historical Figures
John Quincy Adams Ward, Indian Hunter, 1869.

History of Outdoor Sculpture in NYC, 4: Historical Figures

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Morse Museum, Winter Park, FL, part 3
Detail of Maxfield Parrish, The Dinky Bird, 1904. Morse Museum, Winter Park.

Morse Museum, Winter Park, FL, part 3

Who’d have expected that the world’s best collection of stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) would be within an hour of Disney World? I first visited the Morse in…

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Morse Museum, Winter Park, FL, part 2
Dragonfly mosaic. Morse Museum, Winter Park. Photo copyright © 2021 Dianne L. Durante

Morse Museum, Winter Park, FL, part 2

Who’d have expected that the world’s best collection of stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) would be within an hour of Disney World? Aside from gorgeous glass, the Morse Museum has…

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