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Joseph Wheeler (sculpture)
''Joseph Wheeler'' is a bronze sculpture commemorating the Confederate States of America, Confederate and American Joseph Wheeler, military commander and politician of the same name by Berthold Nebel, installed in the United States Capitol as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the state of Alabama in 1925. Wheeler fought for two different armies in two different wars: for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, Civil War and for the United States Army in the Spanish–American War, where he saw active service both in Cuba and the Philippines. During the Civil War Wheeler was known as "Fighting Joe" by his soldiers and had 16 horses shot out from under him. He also served in the US House of Representatives from 1883 to 1900. Henry B. Steagall said of Wheeler at the state's unveiling in the Capitol, "General Wheeler, with the same courage that had characterized his conduct on the field of battle accepted bravely and without a mur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Nebel
Berthold Nebel (1889–1964) was an American sculptor. Berthold Nebel was born in 1889 in Basel, Switzerland, and came to the United States with his parents when he was a year old. He could be confused with the German sculptor Paul Nebel from Düsseldorf, who is famous for motion studies of elks and bears that were cast in bronze on request by Kraas, Berlin. Training By 1900 his parents had settled in New Jersey, and Nebel as a young boy took lessons in oil painting from “an artist lady” who told him she could teach him nothing more and that he must go to art school. He began work at a decorative terra cotta factory in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he learned to model in clay. This factory produced architectural ornaments for Fifth Avenue mansions at the time. This exposure to a new media shifted his interest from painting to sculpture. While he was working days he studied at night at the National Academy of Design and the Mechanics' Institute, and attended Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |