Bryant Baker

Percy Bryant Baker better known as Bryant Baker, was a Britishborn American sculptor. He sculpted a number of busts of famous Americans . In 1910, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom commissioned him to create a bust of King Edward VII.

Baker was born on July 8, 1881, in London, United Kingdom, to John Baker, a sculptor. His father and his sculptor grandfather both worked on wood and stone carvings at Westminster Abbey. His brother was Robert P. Baker, also a sculptor of note. He became an apprentice sculptor under his father, and carved Gothic statues for Beverley Minster and decorative elements for the Victoria and Albert Museum. He studied art and sculpting at the City and Guild Technical Institute and later at the Royal Academy of Arts. He graduated from the latter in 1910.

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