Statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts.

Statue of Edward Everett Hale in Boston Public Garden.

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Pratt was born in Norwich, Connecticut to Sarah (Whittlesey) and George Pratt, a Yale-educated lawyer. His maternal grandfather, Oramel Whittlesey, was a pianoforte maker and founder in 1835 of the first music school in the country authorized to confer degrees to teach music, Music Vale Seminary. At age sixteen, Pratt began studying at the Yale University School of Fine Arts, where his teachers included John Henry Niemeyer (1839-1932) and John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926). Norwich is a city located in New London County, Connecticut. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ...

After graduating from Yale University, he enrolled at at the Art Students League where he took classes with William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), Kenyon Cox (1859-1919), Francis Edwin Elwell (1858-1922), and most important Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), who became his mentor. After a short stint in Saint-Gaudens' private studio, Pratt traveled to Paris, where he trained with sculptors Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (1833-1891) and Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900) at the École des Beaux-Arts. For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... The Art Students League is the name of several American art schools or associations for promotion of art education For the New-York-based school (founded 1875), presumed model for the others, see Art Students League of New York For the Denver-based school and association, see Art Students League... William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. ... Kenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 - 1919), American painter, was born at Warren, Ohio, being the son of Gen. ... 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. ... Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (29 September 1833 - 21 April 1891) was a French sculptor in a modified Neoclassical tradition. ... Falguières Victor of the Cockfight, book engraving c. ... École des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ...

In 1892 he returne to the United States to create two large sculptural groups representing The Genius of Navigation for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. At this time, he also began a twenty-five-year career as an influential teacher of modeling in the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. During this time Pratt sculpted a series of busts of Boston's intellectual community, including Episcopal minister Phillips Brooks (1899, Brooks House, Harvard University), Colonel Henry Lee (1902, Memorial Hall, Harvard University), and Boston Symphony Orchestra founder Henry Lee Higginson (1909, Symphony Hall, Boston). World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 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 of the New World. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Doù venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897). ... Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 - January 23, 1893), was a United States clergyman and author. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Grosser Musikvereinssaal. ...

When Saint-Gaudens' uncompleted group for the entrance to the Boston Public Library was rejected, Pratt was awarded a commission for personifications of Art and Science. Pratt continued Saint-Gaudens' influence in coin design after 1907. His gold Indian Head half ($5) and quarter ($2.50) eagles are known as the "Pratt coins" and feature an unusual intaglio Indian head, the U.S. mint's only recessed design in circulation. A retrospective exhibition of 125 of his sculptures was held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the spring of 1918. The Boston Public Library was established in 1848. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Doù venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897). ...

Selected works

• 1892 The Genius of Navigation - World's Columbian Exposition
• 1893 Clara and Lizzie, Daughters of Frederick and Elizabeth Shattuck (plaque) - National Gallery of Art
• 1896 Figures - entrance porch, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
• 1896 The Four Seasons (plaques) - 2nd floor pavillions, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
• 1897 Dr. Henry Augustus Coit - Saint Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire
• 1906 Young Soldier - Saint Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire
• 1907 Andersonville Boy - State Capitol Grounds, Hartford, Connecticut
• xxxx Nathaniel Hawthorne - Salem, Massachusetts
• 1908-1914 Nathan Hale - Yale University, with copy at Central Intelligence Agency
• 1913 Whaleman's Monument - New Bedford, Massachusetts
• 1913 Edward Everett Hale - Boston Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

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References

• Downes, William Howe. "The Work of Bela L. Pratt, Sculptor." New England Magazine 27 (February 1903): 760-771.
• Coburn, Frederick W. "Americanism in Sculpture. As Represented in the Works of Bela Lyon Pratt." Palette and Bench 2, nos. 5 and 6 (February-March 1910): 95-97, 127-131.
• Dorr, Charles Henry. "Bela L. Pratt: An Eminent New England Sculptor." Architectural Record 35, no. 6 (June 1914): 508-518.
• Obituary, The New York Times (19 May 1917).
• Taft, Lorado. The History of American Sculpture, New York, 1924: 491-496.