Capitalist Christmas 2019

This site - and my email list - are dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous decorations, clothing,…

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Alexander Hamilton in Central Park

Sculptor: Carl ConradsDedicated: 1880Medium and size: Granite (10 feet), granite pedestal (9.5 feet)Location: Central Park, 83rd Street and East Drive NOTE: This post is adapted from a chapter in Outdoor Monuments…

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Dennis B. Sheahan, Thomas Moore, 1879. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante

Thomas Moore, Central Park

Date: 1879 Sculptor: Dennis B. SheahanMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize. Location: Southeast corner of Central Park, near the Pond and 59th Street Dennis B. Sheahan, Thomas Moore, 1879.…

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Pulitzer Fountain, Central Park

Pulitzer Fountain, or Pomona Date: 1913-1916 Sculptor: Karl Bitter; finished by Karl Gruppe and Isidore Konti. Decorative figures on side of fountain by Orazio Piccirilli. Medium & size: Bronze figure,…

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Pilgrim by J.Q.A. Ward, Central Park

Date: 1885 Sculptor: John Quincy Adams WardMedium & size: Bronze (9 feet), on a granite pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt (7.5 feet); 4 bronze bas-reliefs on pedestal, each 10 x…

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Henry Kitchell Webster, Collected Short Works, vols. 1-4

Volume 1 is available on Amazon; other stores via Ingram (9781088272121 print, 9781088272152 ebook) Volume 2 is available on Amazon; other stores via Ingram (9781088272305 print, 9781088272305 ebook) Volume 3…

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John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, Central Park

Date: 1928Sculptor: Adolph A. WeinmanMedium & size: Gilded bronze bust, over lifesize, on granite steleLocation: Central Park, Fifth Ave. and 90th St. John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, 1928. Bust: Adolph A.…

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Beethoven in Central Park

Date: 1884 Sculptor: Henry BaererMedium & size: Bronze bust, over lifesize, with a smaller bronze figure below; granite pedestal. Location: Near the north end of the Central Park Mall, opposite…

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Falconer, Central Park

Sculptor: George Blackall SimondsDate: 1875Medium & size: Bronze, over lifesize, with granite pedestal. Location: Central Park, 20 feet or so up on a hill on the south side of the…

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Zenos Frudakis, Freedom, 2000. 16th & Vine Streets, Philadelphia. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante

Freedom, by Zenos Frudakis

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Philadelphia (aside from seeing Hamilton: An American Musical!) was finally seeing this sculpture in person. I love the concept of it.…

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