Bryant Baker [1881 - 1970]

Life and Career

British born American sculptor. Percy Bryant Baker was born on July 8, 1881 in London, England, the son and grandson of sculptors and stone carvers and the brother of sculptor Robert Baker. He was apprenticed to his father and learned the trade while engaging in mainly ecclesiastic and architectural projects - notably at Beverley Minister and the Victoria and Albert Museum. From 1901 until 1907 he studied at the City and Guild Technical Institute followed by four years at the Royal Academy of Arts. At an exhibition there in 1910 his work was brought to the attention of Queen Alexandra, which in turn led to commissions to sculpt a portrait bust and later a life sized statue of Edward VII and later a bust of Prince Olaf of Norway. Robert Baker (born March 14, 1976 in Gainesville, Florida) is a receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. ... The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The main interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ... Alexandra of Denmark (December 1, 1844 – November 20, 1925) was queen consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1901–1910. ... Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...

In 1916 Baker followed his brother Robert to America and was rewarded with a number of commissions, particularly portraits. In 1928 he won the public competition over eleven other sculptors sponsored by Oklahoma millionaire oilman E. W. Marland to create the Pioneer Woman statue for Ponca City. This work was unveiled with much fanfare in 1930. Oklahoma is a state of the United States, lying mostly in the southern Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Ponca City is a city located in Oklahoma. ...

Baker continued producing sculpture, both for public exhibition and for private collections almost up until dis death in 1970. Shortly thereafter the contents of his New York studio were purchased and moved to the E. W. Marland Mansion [by that time a city owned museum] in Ponca City, Oklahoma where it is on display.

Notable Works

• Pioneer Woman, 1930 Ponca City OK, 27 feet tall
• Grover Cleveland, Buffalo NY 1932 - monumental sized
• Millard Filmore, Buffalo NY, 1932 monumental sized
• L' Apres Midi D'on Faune, 1934, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
• George Washington, 1950, George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria VA
• John M. Clayton, National Statuary Hall Collection - the Capitol Building, Washington D.C. -Delaware - 1934
• Caesar Rodney, National Statuary Hall Collection - the Capitol Building, Washington D.C. -Delaware - 1934
• William E. Borah, National Statuary Hall Collection - the Capitol Building, Washington D.C. - Idaho - 1947
• Winston Churchill erected ca. 1985 Winston Churchill Memorial Library, Fulton MO

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Resources

• Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, Prepared by the Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee of the Library, United States Government Printing Press, Washington D.C. 1965
• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Pioneer Women Statues in America, unpublished manuscript
• Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Garden Sculpture, Printed by Order of the Trustees, Brookgreen, S.C. 1943
• various newspaper clippings from the Archives of the Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City, OK