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The fountain was initiated and promoted by the Cleveland Press, which raised $250,000 in donations from private citizens and various organizations for the project.The centerpiece is a 35-foot (11 m) bronze figure representing man escaping from the flames of war and reaching skyward for eternal peace.
More than 10 million people (one-fifth of the U.S. population) visited the Exposition, and nearly all of them would have seen the statue. [13] Millions more experienced it through illustrations and photographs. Although its formal name was "The American Soldier", [14] the statue soon became popularly known as "The American Volunteer". The ...
"Bruno the Bear" ca. 1933, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio - New Deal sculpture project [8] James Bowie statue, Texarkana, Texas, 1936 [9]; Davy Crockett statue, (1936) monumental Art Deco bas relief granite memorial with Crockett's quote, "Be sure you are right, then go ahead" carved on the front.
Fountain of Time: 7.3: 24: Lorado Taft: 1922: Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois: hollow-cast concrete over a steel frame: Total monument length: 38.7 m (127 ft) Father Time watching the parade of humanity Ad Astra (To the Stars) 6.76: 22.2: Richard Bergen: 2002
Statue name Location Date Sculptor Source Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fairmount Park. 1899 Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter: Ulysses S. Grant Memorial: Washington, D.C. United States Capitol. 1902-24 Henry Shrady: Statue of Ulysses S. Grant St. Louis, Missouri: 1888 Robert Bringhurst [24 ...
A statue of a bearded man striding forward was crafted from black basalt over 2,000 years ago during the Ptolemaic dynasty. The Cleveland Museum of Art is set to return a 2,200-year-old statue to ...
Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca National Park, a sprawling 3,953-hectare expanse of restored Atlantic Forest recognized as one of the ...
When asked by her well-dressed friends where her jewelry was, Cornelia left and returned with her sons, saying "These are my jewels!". Cornelia personifies Ohio, presenting its best leaders during the time of crisis. [2] The monument was designed by Levi Scofield, known for his Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Public Square in Cleveland. [2]