Thomas Crawford (1813-1857) was the first American sculptor to study in Italy for an extended period of time. There, along with other artists-Greenough, Story, and Powers-he was part of a group that made prolific contributions to American neoclassical art. He is best known as the sculptor of much of the statuary and bas-reliefs of our nation�s Capitol: the pediment figures over the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the bronze Freedom atop the Capitol�s dome. In writing this biography, Robert Gale was ...
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Thomas Crawford (1813-1857) was the first American sculptor to study in Italy for an extended period of time. There, along with other artists-Greenough, Story, and Powers-he was part of a group that made prolific contributions to American neoclassical art. He is best known as the sculptor of much of the statuary and bas-reliefs of our nation�s Capitol: the pediment figures over the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the bronze Freedom atop the Capitol�s dome. In writing this biography, Robert Gale was given exclusive access to all of Crawford�s personal papers by the sculptor�s granddaughter. An appendix lists extant works of Crawford and where they are found, and several plates illustrate his sculpture.
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