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George Grey Barnard

George Grey Barnard (18631938), American sculptor, was born at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of May 1863. He first studied at the Art Institute, Chicago[?], and in 18831887 worked in P. T. Cavelier’s atelier at Paris. He lived in Paris for twelve years, returning to America in 1896; and with his first exhibit at the Salon of 1894[?] he scored a great success. His principal works include, “The Boy” (1885); “ Cain” (1886), later destroyed; “ Brotherly Love,” sometimes called “Two Friends” (1887); the allegorical “Two Natures” (1894, in the Metropolitan Museum, New York[?]); “The Hewer” (1902, at Cairo, Illinois); “ Great God Pan” (in Central Park, New York); the “Rose Maiden“; the simple and graceful “Maidenhood“.



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