The Independent Man atop the Rhode Island State House

Statue of Alexander Hamilton at Hamilton College, New York

George Thomas Brewster (1862–1943) was an American sculptor and architectural sculptor, known for his portraits and war memorials. Brewster also taught modeling at Cooper Union beginning 1900;

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of New York beginning 1886; and

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, between 1893 and 1894.

Life and education

Brewster was born on February 24, 1862, in Kingston. He studied first at the Massachusetts State Normal Art School in Boston, and then for three years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in

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. His teachers there included

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and Antonin Mercie.

Selected works

*''Victory'' (finial figure), architectural sculpture, Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1897-1902. *''Stephen Decatur'', Dewey Triumphal Arch, New York City, 1899 (destroyed). *''Independent Man'' (finial figure), atop Rhode Island State House, Providence, Rhode Island, 1899-1900. *''Protection of the Flag'', Village Green, Athens, Pennsylvania, 1902. *Portrait medallions on exterior of

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, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904. *Bas-relief portrait of ''Augustus Saint-Gaudens'', National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1904. *''Greek Drama'' and ''Greek State'', statues on exterior of Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, 1907-09. *''Equestrian statue of William Penn Hussey'', New England Home for the Deaf, Danvers, Massachusetts, 1913. *''Patrick Walsh'', Barrett Plaza,

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, 1913. *''Alexander Hamilton - 1793'',

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, Clinton, New York, 1918. *''Soldiers and Sailors Monument'',

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, dedicated in 1920. *Thomas Redfield Proctor Monument, Roscoe Cankling Park,

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, 1921. *Portrait bust of ''Robert E. Lee'', Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York City, 1923.

Works in the Vicksburg National Military Park

*Lieut. Colonel S. H. Griffin (1911) *Brig. General John W. Whitfield (1913) *Brig. Gen. Elias S. Dennis (1915) *Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist (1915) *Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey (1915) *Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball (1915) *Major General Dabney H. Maury (1915) one of the monuments vandalized in 2003 *Brig. General William Vandever (1915) *Colonel Eugene Erwin (1916) *Brig. Gen.

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(1916) *Lt. Col. Melancthon Smith (1916) *Captain Patrick H. White (1917) *Major Alexander Yates (1917) *Major Joseph W. Anderson (1919) *Colonel Skidmore Harris (1919) *Colonel Randal MacGavock (1919) *Lieut. Colonel Madison Rogers (1919) *Major General Cadwallader Washburn (1919) *Major Robert B. Campbell (1920) *Captain Toby Hart (1921), one of the monuments vandalized in 2003 *Lieut. Colonel L. L. McLaurin (1921) *Major Frederick N. Ogden (1921) *Governor

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(1926)

Gallery

File:Soldiers Sailors Mon IN 1898.jpg, Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1898. File:Protection of the Flag Monument Nov 09.jpg, ''Protection of the Flag'' (1902), Athens, Pennsylvania. File:StLouisArtMuseumMO.jpg,

(1904), Saint Louis, Missouri. File:U.S. Post Office and Court House, Augusta (Richmond County, Georgia).jpg, ''Patrick Walsh'' (1913), Barrett Plaza,

Relief portraits at
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File:20-13-076-vicksburg.jpg, Col. Eugene Erwin (1916) File:22-26-083-griffin.jpg, Lt. Col. Sidney H. Griffin (1919) File:22-26-149-rogers.jpg, Lt. Col. Madison Rogers (1919) File:20-13-067-vicksburg.jpg, Lt. Col. Melancthon Smith (1916)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, George 1862 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century male artists 19th-century American sculptors American male sculptors Rhode Island School of Design faculty Cooper Union faculty