Horatio Greenough

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Horatio Greenough was a 19th-century American sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and early contributions to public art in the United States.

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instanceOf person
sculptor
activeYearsEnd 1852
activeYearsStart 1820s
almaMater Harvard University
artisticStyle neoclassical sculpture
birthDate 1805-09-06
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts, United States
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
commissionedBy United States Congress
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1852-12-18
deathPlace Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
educatedAt Harvard University
familyName Greenough
fieldOfWork sculpture
fullName Horatio Greenough
genre public art
givenName Horatio
hasWorkLocation Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Florence, Italy
linked to: Florence

Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
influencedBy Italian neoclassical sculpture
classical Greek sculpture
knownFor early American public art
neoclassical sculpture
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American neoclassicism
linked to: Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism
notableIdea form follows function (early articulation in architecture and design theory)
notableWork Abraham Lincoln (bust)
Chanting Cherubs
George Washington (Greenough)
linked to: Houdon

James Fenimore Cooper (bust)
John Quincy Adams (bust)
Medora
Self-Portrait (bust)
Statue of George Washington for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
The Rescue
occupation sculptor
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
linked to: Florence
sibling Henry Greenough
Richard Saltonstall Greenough
wrote Aesthetics in Architecture (essays and letters)

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Horatio Greenough fullName Horatio Greenough