Herbert Adams (sculptor)

Samuel Herbert Adams was an American sculptor.

Herbert Adams was born at West Concord, Vermont. In 1863, at the age of five, he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, so his father could take a job at the Putnam Machine Co. His family purchased a home onChestnut Street. He attended the Fitchburg public schools, the Academy and was influenced by Fitchburgs first Art teacher, Louise Haskell, to pursue a career in Art. He attended Mass Normal School in Boston and got teaching certificate. Herbert Adams taught Art in the Fitchburg Public schools from 18781882, but left Fitchburg for Paris France in 1885 to pursue his interest in sculpture. He was educated at the Massachusetts Normal Art School enrolling in 1877 atyears of age, and in 18851890 he was a pupil of Antonin Merci in Paris.

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