Paul Manship
American sculptor (1885ā1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 ā January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public commissions, including the iconic Prometheus in Rockefeller Center[1] and the Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also credited for designing the modern rendition of New York City's official seal.[2]
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Born | Paul Howard Manship (1885-12-24)December 24, 1885 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | January 28, 1966(1966-01-28) (aged 80) New York, U.S. |
Known for | Sculpture |
Manship gained notice early in his career for rejecting the Beaux-Arts architecture movement and preferring linear compositions with a flowing simplicity. Additionally, he shared a summer home in Plainfield, New Hampshire, part of the Cornish Art Colony, with William Zorach for a number of years. Other members of the highly social colony were also contemporary artists.[3] Manship created his own artist retreat on Cape Ann, developing a 15-acre site on two former granite quarries in Lanesville, a village of Gloucester, MA. A local nonprofit, the Manship Artists Residency + Studios was established in 2015 to preserve this estate as an artist residency program.[4]