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August Zeller
August Zeller (7 March 1863, Bordentown, New Jersey – 11 January 1918, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American sculptor and teacher. An exceptional carver, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) under Thomas Eakins. He moved to Paris in 1890 to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and studied further in the studio of Auguste Rodin. His most prominent commissions were for two Civil War monuments: the ''96th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument'' (1888), on the Gettysburg Battlefield; and the ''Schuylkill County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument'' (1891), in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Zeller spent his final years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as curator of sculpture at the Carnegie Institute of Fine Arts and as an instructor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Biography Early years Zeller was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, where his father, Wilhelm August Zeller (1834–1904), was a local merchant. Zeller may have inherited his artistic abilities from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Bordentown city, Burlington County, New Jersey . Accessed June 13, 2012. The population declined by 45 (−1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the |
National Academy Of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." Membership is limited to 450 American artists and architects, who are elected by their peers on the basis of recognized excellence. History The original founders of the National Academy of Design were students of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. However, by 1825 the students of the American Academy felt a lack of support for teaching from the academy, its board composed of merchants, lawyers, and physicians, and from its unsympathetic president, the painter John Trumbull. Samuel Morse and other students set about forming "the drawing association", to meet several times each week for the study of the art of design. Still, the association was viewed as a dependent organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jefferson Building
The Thomas Jefferson Building is the oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was originally known as the Library of Congress Building. It is now named for the 3rd U.S. president Thomas Jefferson, whose own book collection became part of the library in 1815. The building is located on First Street SE between Independence Avenue (Washington D.C.), Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., across from the U.S. Capitol. The Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. The building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Design John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz won the competition for the architectural plans of the library in 1873. The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado By August Zeller 1904 World's Fair
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes .... It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, eighth most extensive and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States Census, 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States Census, 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans and their Paleo-Indians, ancest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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