J. Massey Rhind
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| Born | 9 July 1858 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 22 October 1936 (aged 78) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Known for | sculptor, educator |
John Massey Rhind (9 July 1860 – 22 October 1936[1][2]) was a Scottish-American sculptor. Among Rhind's better known works is the Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial and the marble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, located in the National Statuary Hall Collection, in Washington D.C. (1926).
Early years
[edit | edit source]Born in Edinburgh, Rhind began his art studies under the tutorage of his father John Rhind, a respected and successful sculptor in the royal burgh. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy,[3] and continued his education with Jules Dalou, who was at that time living and teaching in Lambeth, England. He then moved to Paris to continue his education for two more years. Upon completing his training he considered moving to the United States but was cautioned by his father not to do so because, "There is no sculptural art in America... You'll starve."[4]
In 1885 he established a studio with his elder brother William Birnie Rhind, at 217 West George Street, Glasgow, but his brother moved back to Edinburgh 2 years later.[5] At age 29, J. Massey Rhind finally emigrated to the United States in 1889 and settled in New York City. In 1899, Rhind set up a studio and sculpture yard and began residing in Closter, New Jersey.[6] In 1917 Rhind was elected to the Salmagundi Club New York as an Artist member, remaining so until his death. [7]
Career
[edit | edit source]In February 1890 John Jacob Astor III died and shortly thereafter a competition to create three sets of bronze doors dedicated to him for Trinity Church, New York was announced. Rhind entered the competition, and, along with Charles Niehaus and Karl Bitter, was awarded one of the sets of doors. After this success he never lacked for work and was to generate a large number of public monuments and architectural projects. Nevertheless, Rhind still found time for smaller, private pieces such as a bust of Theodore Roosevelt.[8]
Gettysburg Battlefield
[edit | edit source]- Alexander S. Webb, 1915
- Abner Doubleday, 1917
- John Cleveland Robinson, 1917
- Francis C. Barlow, 1922
Public monuments
[edit | edit source]Washington, D.C.
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Marble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington D.C. (1926)
Nova Scotia
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Britannia, Grand Parade, Nova Scotia -
Nova Scotia Highland soldier, Chester, Nova Scotia -
Highland soldier, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
New York and New Jersey
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Other
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Niles, Ohio
- GIRARD, Stephen: Statue at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WANAMAKER, John: Statue at the City Hall (east plaza) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Statue of Teedyuscung, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1902
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- John C. Calhoun Monument, Charleston, South Carolina, 1896
- George Clinton Monument, Kingston, New York, 1898 (originally in New York City[9])
- Henry Hudson Monument, Kingston, New York, 1898 (originally in New York City[9] )
- James Wolfe Monument, Calgary, Alberta, 1898 (originally in New York City[9] )
- Peter Stuyvesant Monument
- Kingston, New York, 1898 (originally in New York City[9] )
- Peter Stuyvesant Monument, Bergen Square, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1913[10]
- Robert Burns Monument, Barre, Vermont, 1899,
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1914
- Syracuse, New York, 1914
- Newark, New Jersey, 1914
- William T. Sherman Monument, Muskegon, Michigan, 1900
- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Muskegon, Michigan, 1900
- Statues of Samuel Colt, Colt Park, Hartford, Connecticut, 1902–06
- Alexander Skene, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 1905
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1909
- George Washington, Newark, New Jersey, 1914
- Bartolomeo Colleoni, reproduction of Andrea del Verrocchio's equestrian sculpture, Newark, New Jersey, 1914
- National McKinley Birthplace Memorial, Niles, Ohio, 1917
- Nova Scotia Highland soldier, Cenotaph, Chester, Nova Scotia, 1922[11]
- Philip Schuyler, Albany, New York, 1925
- Britannia, Cenotaph, Grand Parade, Nova Scotia, 1929
- Nova Scotia Highland soldier, Cenotaph, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, 1929[12]
- Edward Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, 1931
Fountains
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- "Rufus H. King Memorial Fountain", Washington Park, Albany, New York, 1893: the theme, specified by King's son, J. Howard King: Moses strikes the rock at Horeb
- Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut, 1899 bronze and granite, the fountain is 30 feet tall, with a statue of a deer in the middle surrounded by figures of Saukiog Indians, Hartford's first inhabitants.
- "Fountain of Apollo", Lakewood, New Jersey, 1902
- Erskine Memorial Fountain, Atlanta, Georgia, 1896
Architectural sculpture
[edit | edit source]New Haven County Court House
[edit | edit source]- New Haven County Court House, New Haven, Connecticut, 1914 (Architects: William Allen and Richard Williams), facing the New Haven Green.
Shelby County Court House
[edit | edit source]- Shelby County Court House, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906–1909 (architects, James Gamble Rogers and H. D. Hale)
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Justice
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Authority
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Wisdom
Detroit
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Wayne County Building
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Wayne County Building
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Wayne County Building
Detroit
Other
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Alexander Hall sculpture, 1892, Princeton University
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"Progress Lighting the Way for Commerce", designed for Montgomery Ward
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Macy's Caryatids, Macy's Herald Square, New York City
- Alexander Memorial Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1892
- The Cable Building, 611 Broadway at Houston Street, New York City, 1894
- American Surety Building (now Bank of Tokyo), 100 Broadway, figures at 3rd floor level, New York, 1895 (Architect: Bruce Price)
- Astor Memorial Doors, Trinity Church, New York, 1896
- East Pyne, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1896
- "Victory" and "Peace", Grant's Tomb, New York City, 1897
- Macy's Caryatids, Macy's Herald Square, New York City, 1901
- "Victory" and "Progress", quadrigas (but with three horses instead of four), Wayne County Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1904
- United States Courthouse and Post Office, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1904
- Shelby County Court House, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906–1909
- Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Island, 1908
- "Apollo" and "Minerva" Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
References
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- ^ Nash, Margo "Jersey Footlights", The New York Times, 11 July 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2015. "Among the New York City residents who moved to bucolic Closter in the 19th century was J. Massey Rhind, a sculptor who worked on Grant's Tomb. He set up a studio and sculpture yard in town in 1899. And he became the first of a series of sculptors who lived and worked in Closter."
- ^ Centennial roster of the Salmagundi Club since its inception in 1871 to 1972. (SCNY, New York, 1972, p. 99)
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- Bibliography
- Cantor, Laurel M., Spires of Princeton University: An architectural tour of the campus, Office of Communications/Publications, Stanhope Hall, Princeton University
- Caffin, Charles H., American Masters of Sculpture, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York 1913
- Craven, Wayne, The Sculpture at Gettysburg, Eastern Acorn Press, Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1982
- Hawthorne, Frederick W., Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments, The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988
- Kvaran and Lockley, Guide to the Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
- Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977
- McSpadden, J. Walker, Famous Sculptors of America, Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. New York 1924
- Murdock, Myrtle Cheney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington D.C., 1955
- Nawrocki, Dennis Alan and Thomas J. Holleman, Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1980
- Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
- Thurkow, Fearn, Newark's Sculpture: A Survey of Public Monuments and Memorial Statuary, The Newark Museum Quarterly, Newark Museum Association, Winter 1975
- Whittmore, Frances Davis, George Washington in Sculpture, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, 1933
External links
[edit | edit source]- gettysburg sculptures Massey Rhind
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- 20th-century American male artists
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