Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) was born in

Braintree, Massachusetts Braintree () is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor-council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The populat ...

, studied in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

under the sculptor

Jean-Paul Aubé Jean-Paul Aubé (3 July 1837 – 23 August 1916) was a French sculptor. Aubé was born in Longwy, north eastern France, and educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He died at Capbreton. Main works * ''Dante'', 1879, plaster, model of the ...

(1837–1916). His early work ''Chant de la Vague'' (Song of the Wave) was idealistic; later works were more conventional statues.

Notable works

* Statue of Thomas Cass, in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

(1899). *Bust of

Francis Amasa Walker Francis Amasa Walker (July 2, 1840 – January 5, 1897) was an American economist, statistician, journalist, educator, academic administrator, and an officer in the Union Army. As a prolific author and the third president of the Massachusetts I ...

in the Boston Central Library (1899). *Statues for

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

in the

National Statuary Hall Collection The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hal ...

(1903): ** Charles Carroll **

John Hanson John Hanson ( – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the American Revolution, Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to ...

*Statue of

William Henry Seward William Henry Seward (; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opp ...

, in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

(1909) for the

Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. It was originally planned for 1907 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold ...

and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910. *Statue of

Robert Treat Paine Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731May 11, 1814) was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence as a representative of the colonial era Province of Massachu ...

(a Signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Taunton, Massachusetts (1904) *

Statue A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or Casting (metalworking), cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to ...

of John H. McGraw, in Seattle (1913).

Gallery

File:Francis Amasa Walker, by Richard E. Brooks, Sr., Boston Public Library.jpg, Francis Amasa Walker, 1899 File:Statue of Robert Treat Paine by Richard E Brooks 1904.jpg, Robert Treat Paine, 1904 File:William Henry Seward at Volunteer Park, Seattle (2014).JPG, William Henry Seward, 1909 File:Seattle - McGraw Place 03.jpg, Statue of John McGraw, 1913

Honors

*Elected to

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 member ...

(1897). *Gold medal in sculpture at the

Buffalo Buffalo most commonly refers to: * True buffalo or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...

Pan-American Exposition The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park–Front Park System, Delaware Park, extending ...

1901. *Elected to

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, Music of the United States, music, and Visual art of the United States, art. Its fixed number ...

in 1908.

Notes

References

External links

The Points on the Park Sculpture ParkThe Monumental City Famous MonumentsNew York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904
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* * * * * * * 1865 births 1919 deaths Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters People from Braintree, Massachusetts Sculptors from Massachusetts 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists 19th-century American sculptors 19th-century American male artists American male sculptors Artists of the Boston Public Library American expatriates in France {{US-sculptor-stub