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Sculptures to see in the United States of America |
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This bust of Ludwig van Beethoven
can be found in the south part of Central Park.
Henry Bearer (1837-1908) created it, in bronze,
in 1884.
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This bust is found at Golden
Gate Park, at San Francisco. It is identical
to the sculpture in Central Park. It was offered
by the choir of New York, in 1914.
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It's at Brooklyn, in Prospect
Park, that this statue is found. It resembles
those of Central Park in New York and at Golden
Gate Park in San Francisco.
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Arnold Foerster sculpted this
Beethoven, inaugurated on October 14th 1932
at the Public Art Division of the Cultural Affairs
Department of Los Angeles.
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The sculptor Thomas Crawford
was born at New York in 1814, and died at London
in 1857. He created this statue in bronze of
Beethoven for the "Boston Music Hall".
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Sculptures to see elsewhere in the world |
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Russia - Saint-Petersburg.
This bust of Beethoven was sculpted around 1863, by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)... |
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Uruguay - Montevideo.
It seems that this bust of Beethoven is by Antoine Bourdelle, or at least inspired by his style (notably Beethoven with long hair)... |
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Many
thanks to Hannah SALTER for her translation
of this page from French into English
© Dominique PREVOT |
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