Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860 – February 22, 1942) was an American

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and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

. Born and raised in

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, he studied under

William Sartain William Sartain (November 21, 1843 – October 25, 1924) was an American artist, known for the moody tonalism of his paintings, and interests and influences that spanned Orientalism and the Barbizon plein air approach to art. Friend to Thomas Ea ...

at the

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. He was a member of his father's firm, the

J&R Lamb Studios J&R Lamb Studios, America's oldest continuously-run decorative arts company, is famous as a stained glass maker, preceding the studios of both John LaFarge and Louis C. Tiffany.

. He was a founding member of the

National Sculpture Society Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members ...

. He was best known for ecclesiastical architecture and memorial and historical art. Lamb was the designer of the

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in 1899. In 1888 he married

Ella Condie Lamb Ella Condie Lamb (1862 - 1936) was an American painter and stained glass artist. She was one of first women to be accepted into the National Society of Mural Painters. Biography Lamb née Condie was born on August 30, 1862, in New York City. In ...

with whom he had five children. Ella joined the studio creating stained glass designs and murals. Lamb designed the World War I memorial in

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, with a bronze statue of a soldier by

Philip Martiny Philip H. Martiny (May 19, 1858 – June 26, 1927) was a French-American sculptor who worked in the Paris atelier of Eugene Dock, where he became foreman before emigrating to New York in 1878—to avoid conscription in the French army, he later ...

Legacy

Ella and Charles' daughter

Katharine Lamb Tait Katharine Lamb Tait (3 June 1895 – 11 August 1981) was an American stained glass and mosaics designer, painter, muralist, and illustrator. She was the head designer at J&R Lamb Studios for more than four decades, and created notable commissions ...

(1895–1981) joined J&R Lamb Studios in 1921. She was the head designer from 1936 through 1979. Ella and Charles' son Karl Barre Lamb (1890–1969) joined J&R Lamb Studios in 1923. He was head of the Studio from 1932 through 1969, streamlining the studio to focus solely on glass.

References

*Reps, J. W.:
Charles R. Lamb
'. *Smithsonian:
Charles R. Lamb scrapbook on the Dewey Arch, 1899-1901
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External links

Charles R. Lamb architectural drawings and papers, circa 1897-1911, held by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
1860 births 1942 deaths American architects Artists from New York City 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists 19th-century American sculptors American male sculptors Sculptors from New York (state) 19th-century American male artists {{US-sculptor-stub