''The Doughboy'', also known as the Ohio World War Memorial,
is a 1930
bronze sculpture
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by Arthur Ivone, installed outside the
Ohio Statehouse
The Ohio Statehouse is the List of state and territorial capitols in the United States, state capitol building and seat of government for the U.S. state of Ohio. The Greek Revival building is located on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, ...
in
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
, United States. The statue, approximately tall, depicts a male soldier. It is mounted on a stone base with bronze plaques on three sides. The artwork was installed on the building's grounds in 1930, and underwent a restoration by George Wright between 1989 and 1992. It was surveyed by the
Smithsonian Institution
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's "
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
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History
Save Outdoor Sculpture! was initiated by Herit ...
" program in 1994.
Gallery
File:Columbus, Ohio - Highsmith 05.jpg, Statue plaque
File:Columbus, Ohio (2018) - 064.jpg, Full memorial
See also
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1930 in art
Events from the year 1930 in art.
Events
* June–July – Christopher Wood paints in Brittany.
* 29 November – Première of the Surrealist film ''L'Age d'Or'' by Luis Buñuel (co-written with Salvador Dalí) at Studio 28 in Paris.
* Theo van ...
References
External links
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1930 establishments in Ohio
1930 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Ohio
Ohio Statehouse
Outdoor sculptures in Columbus, Ohio
Sculptures of men in Ohio
Statues in Columbus, Ohio
World War I in art
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