Artist: Horatio Greenough (1805 - 1852)
Nationality: American
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Horatio Greenough was an American sculptor who spent the majority of his life studying in Italy. His greatest work was the large marble statue of George Washington, created from 1833 to 1841. The sculpture was originally placed at the Capitol in Washington D.C. but is now located at the National Museum of American History. It is a seated figure based on Phidias’s statue of Zeus at Olympia. In the final years of his life, Greenough began writing essays on art that are more highly regarded than his sculpture.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Alexander Hamilton about 1832 Marble 52.07 x 31.11 x 27.5 cm (20
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 George Washington about 1831 Marble 36.83 x 24.45 x 19.68 cm (14
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 John Adams about 1830 Marble 29.21 x 16.83 x 15.24 cm (11
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Love Prisoner to Wisdom 1836 Marble 109.85 x 31.75 x 36.83 cm
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Castor and Pollux Italy, (Florence), about 1847 Marble 87.95 x 114.81 x
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 John Quincy Adams 1828 Marble 32.07 x 19.05 x 15.24 cm (12
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Napoleon I Italy, (Florence), 1847 Marble 58.99 x 35.56 x 27.3 cm
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Mortier, Marquis de Lafayette about
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Edward Darley Boit, American, 1840-1915 Afternoon in the Apennines 1909 Oil on canvas 55.24 x
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Edward Darley Boit, American, 1840-1915 Rocky Hillside 1907-08 Oil on canvas 54.61 x 66.36 cm
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Hugh Bolton Jones, American, 1848-1927 Autumn Landscape early 1880s Oil on canvas 44.45 x 80.33
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Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528 Knight, Death, and the Devil 1513 Engraving Sheet: 24.3 x 18.9
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 The Ascension of a Child Conducted by an Infant Angel 1833 Marble
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Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528 Betrothal of the Virgin (Life of the Virgin) probably 1504-1505 Woodcut
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Jan Uytenbogaert, Preacher of the Remonstrants 1635 Etching and
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (active England), 1834-1903 Nocturne: Palaces 1879-80 Etching and drypoint, printed
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 Time, Truth and History (sketch for Allegory on
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher Jan Cornelius Sylvius 1646 Etching,
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Rembrandt"s Mother Seated at a Table about 1631 Etching
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Workshop of Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venetian), 1712-1793 Entrance to the Arsenal, Venice Oil on canvas
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Horatio Greenough - Venus Victrix 1837-40 marble Boston Athenaeum
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 Christ Preaching ("The Hundred Guilder Print") about 1649 Etching,
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Attributed to Cornelis de Visscher, Dutch, 1619-1662 Portrait of a Woman with Ruff Portrait of
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Richard Parkes Bonington, English, 1801-1828 Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice about 1826 Watercolor on paper Sheet:
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Horatio Greenough, 1805-1852 Arno Italy, (Florence), 1839 Marble 64.13 x 130.81 x 57.15 cm (25
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Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Mrs. John Gore (Mary Babcock) about 1815 Oil on canvas 76.52
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Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Magdelaine Lefebvre de Cheverus 1823 Oil on canvas
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Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins - Dr. Horatio C. Wood 1886 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Henry Greenough, American, 1807-1883 After John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843 John Gore (copy after John Trumbull)
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Horatio Nelson Poole Sai Min Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Little Schooner Etching 1922
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Horatio Nelson Poole M. Bod Etching-drypoint 1920
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Horatio Nelson Poole Carlburg Etching 1935
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Horatio Nelson Poole The "Kid" (Bathers) Etching 1935
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Horatio Nelson Poole Old Stairs Etching 1922
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Horatio Nelson Poole Hula Etching 1916
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Fish Market Etching 1917
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Horatio Nelson Poole Self-Portrait Etching-drypoint 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Ships in Harbor Etching 1917
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Horatio Nelson Poole Apukahau Stream Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Smoke Screen Drypoint 1921
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Horatio Nelson Poole St. Ignatius Church Etching 1923
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Horatio Nelson Poole Valley Rain Etching 1918
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Horatio Nelson Poole Truck Gardens Etching 1925
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Meat Stick Man Drypoint 1918
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Trestle and Ghiradelli's Drypoint 1927
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Harbor, Honolulu Etching 1917
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Horatio Nelson Poole Shrimp Fishers Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Guitar Player Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Sierra Junipers Etching 1933
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Horatio Nelson Poole Fruit and Grain Drypoint 1927
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Bridge, Honolulu Drypoint 1920
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Horatio Nelson Poole Honolulu from the Harbor Etching 1920
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Rice Planters Drypoint 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Pier Sixteen Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Hawaiian Festival Etching 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Golden Harvest Drypoint 1927
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Horatio Nelson Poole The Harvard Etching-drypoint 1919
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Horatio Nelson Poole Grant Avenue Etching 1921
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Horatio Nelson Poole South of San Francisco Etching 1925

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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National Gallery of Art: Brassaï: The Eye of Paris
This exhibition is organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with funding provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment Inc., and The Wortham Foundation. ...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: LOOKING IN: ROBERT FRANK - THE AMERICANS
The Book In 1955 and 1956, Swiss-born American photographer Robert Frank (b. 1924) traveled across the United States to photograph, as he wrote, "the kind of civilization born here and spreading elsewhere." During his nine-month journey, he ...

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Horatio Greenough: An American Sculptors Drawings
Horatio Greenough, Americas First Sculptor
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Wikipedia: Horatio Greenough
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