NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alexander Phimister Proctor

Alexander Phimister Proctor (September 27, 1862 – September 4, 1950) was an American sculptor and one of her foremost animaliers, born in Bozanquit, Ontario, his family moved to Denver, Colorado when he was young. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (597x850, 98 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Alexander Phimister Proctor File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (597x850, 98 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Alexander Phimister Proctor File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 kmÂ² (4th) Land 917,741 kmÂ² Water 158,654 kmÂ² (14. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... State nickname: The Centennial State Other U.S. States Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens (R) Official languages English Area 269,837 kmÂ² (8th) - Land 268,879 kmÂ² - Water 962 kmÂ² (0. ...

Growing up on the frontier, Proctor early developed into a skilled woodsman and hunter — interests that remained with him for the rest of his life. In his autobiography, Sculptor in Buckskin, he spends as much ink, and seems to be as excited about, bagging his first bear and elk as he is about obtaining his first major commission.

Besides his gun, Proctor took pencils and a sketching pad with him on his trips through the Rocky Mountains. As a hunter he as always careful to measure, draw, and sometimes dissect the animals that had crossed his gun sights. These early studies helped propel him to the position of on of the most sought after and respected aminaliers of his day. He was fortunate to find an art instructor in the still rough and tumble Colorado, where his early drawings included big horn sheep, elk, bears and the lynching of L.H. Musgrove.

In 1885 Proctor sold a homestead that he had acquired in Colorado and used the proceeds to move to New York City with the intention of studying art. He enrolled first in the National Academy of Design where he studied drawing and painting, and later, at the Art Students League where his interest in sculpture came to the fore. His ability to capture animals in action, garnered in part from his days tracking them, coupled with his interest in all things Native American, opened a niche for Proctor, one that he parlayed into a long, successful career. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... 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 and a school of fine arts. ...

As with many of his contemporaries, Proctor’s opportunity to work with some of the greatest sculptors of his day, coupled with the opportunity to create his own large, albeit temporary, pieces presented itself in the guise of the World Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Several Proctor pieces were paired with Daniel Chester French, then the rising star of the sculpture world. This collaboration resurfaced in the ensuing years when French called upon Proctor to provide mounts for some of his equestrian monuments. Proctor was further called upon to produce works of various Western themes, mostly figures of native animals, but also a cowboy and indian that were to form the genesis of his later works, The Bucking Bronco and On the War Trail, both found in Denver. One-third scale replica of The Republic, which once stood in the great basin at the exposition, Chicago, 2004 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Daniel Chester French Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 â€“ October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ...

Proctor moved to Paris to continue his studies. During this period he assisted Augustus Saint Gaudens in the creating of the General Logan Monument, now in Chicago. In 1896 he won the Rinehart Scholarship which allowed him to work and study in Paris for four years. By the time he returned to America in 1899 Proctor was well versed in the beaux-arts tradition. Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1905 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Settling in New York City, Proctor turned out a large number of public monuments in the ensuing decades. Inbetween commissions frequently returned to the West for rejuvenation and inspiration, seeking out members of various Native American tribes to pose for his works.

On a hunting trip to Alaska in 1947 Proctor shot a bear, 70 years to the day that he had bagged his first one. State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,067,653 miÂ² / 1,717,854 kmÂ² (1st) - Land 1,481,347 kmÂ² - Water 236,507 kmÂ² (13. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Proctor died in Palo Alto, California, where he was living with his daughter, just a few days before his 90th birthday. Downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Palo Alto is located at the northern end of the Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California), and... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 kmÂ² (3rd) - Land 404,298 kmÂ² - Water 20,047 kmÂ² (4. ...

A sculptor of the "old school," Proctor resisted even the vestiges of modernism that many of his contemporaries adopted. His legacy is scattered from coast to coast across America. As one of the witnesses of the death of the old America (many other artists saw only the birth of the new one) Proctor’s works showing the animals and peoples of frontier America remain popular and as vital today as when he produced them. Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, 1929-30: The modern style is noted for its rigorous geometrical forms. ...

Selected works

General John Logan Memorial (horse only), Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1894-97
William T. Sherman Memorial (horse only), Grand Army Plaza, New York, New York, 1892-1903
Standing Pumas, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1898
Two Griffins, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904
Lions for the McKinley Monument, Buffalo, New York, 1907
Piney Branch Bridge Panthers, Sixteenth Street Bridge, Washington, D.C., 1910
Tigers, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1911
Buffalo, Q Street Bridge, Washington, D.C., 1913
Bucking Bronco, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, 1920
Theodore Roosevelt As a Rough Rider, Portland, Oregon, 1922
On the War Path, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, 1923
The Circuit Rider, Salem, Oregon, 1924
The Pioneer Mother, Kansas City, Missouri, 1925
Arlington Memorial Bridge Buffalo Heads, Washington, D.C., 1927
The Western Sheriff [Tillman D. Taylor], Pendleton, Oregon, 1929
McKnight Memorial Fountain, Wichita, Kansas, 1931
Pioneer Mother, Eugene, Oregon, 1932
Robert E. Lee and Young Soldier, Dallas, Texas, 1935
Texas Mustangs, Austin, Texas, 1948

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Bucking Bronco, Denver CO Image File history File links Download high resolution version (597x850, 97 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Alexander Phimister Proctor File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

McKnight Memorial, Wichita KS Image File history File links Download high resolution version (525x825, 181 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Alexander Phimister Proctor File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Pioneer Mother, Kansas City, MO Image File history File links ProctorPioneer-Mother2. ...

Tiger, Princeton NJ Image File history File links Download high resolution version (548x850, 120 KB)photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Alexander Phimister Proctor File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

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