George Grey Barnard

George Grey Barnard , often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor, an excellent American sculptor, the French art dealer Ren Gimpel reported in his diary , very much engrossed in carving himself a fortune out of the trade in works of art. His major works are largely symbolical in character. His lasting monument is the architectural nucleus of The Cloisters, New York City.

Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of Joseph Barnard and Martha Grubb, and the grandson of his namesake George Grey Grubb. He first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 18831887 worked in the atelier of PierreJules Cavelier at Paris while he attended the cole nationale suprieure des BeauxArts. He lived in Paris for twelve years, and with his first exhibit at the Salon of 1894 he scored a great success, returning to America in 1896. In 1902, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

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