Leonard Wells Volk (November 7, 1828 - August19, 1895) was an American sculptor. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln.
Biography
He was born at Wellstown (now Wells), Hamilton County, New York. Wells is a Town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 737 at the 2000 census Hamilton County is a County located in the US state of New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He first followed the trade of a marble cutter with his father at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of In 1848 he opened a studio at St Louis, Missouri, and in 1855 was sent by his wife's cousin, politician Stephen A. Douglas, to Rome to study. Stephen Arnold Douglas ( April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Returning to America in 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish an Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
Among his principal works:
- the Douglas monument at Chicago, Illinois
- the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at Rochester, New York
- statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. The Stephen A Douglas Tomb and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is located at 800 E Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Douglas in the Illinois State Capitol at Springfield, Illinois
- a statue of General James Shields in Statuary Hall, United States Capitol
- statues of Elihu B. Washburne, Zachariah Chandler and David Davis
In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield Illinois, is the capitol and seat of government of the U Springfield is the capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116482 (U This article is about the US Senator. For the Pitcher, see James Shields (pitcher. National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to Sculptures of prominent Americans. Elihu Benjamin Washburne ( September 23 1816, Livermore Maine – October 23 1887, Chicago Illinois) was one Zachariah Chandler ( December 10, 1813 &ndash November 1, 1879) was Mayor of Detroit (1851–52 a four-term David Davis, the name of several people may refer to David Davis (Australian politician (born 1962 Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council List of years in Art Events Founding of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. A mask is an artefact normally worn on the face typically for protection concealment performance or amusement
His son, Douglas Volk (1856-1935), figure and portrait painter, who studied under J. Douglas Volk (1856 - 1935 was an American portrait painter and the son of noted sculptor Leonard Volk. L. Gerome in Paris, became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1880 and of the National Academy of Design in 1899. The Society of American Artists was an American artists group The National Academy of Design, in New York City, now called simply The National Academy is an honorary association of American Artists with a Museum
Lincoln and Volk
In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable. " But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself. " Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln.
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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