American by birth, Bartlett spent much of his childhood, training and career in France. He was pivotal in helping create demand among American sculptors for lost-wax casting and control of their production—emerging issues for sculptors in Paris at the time.

From the exhibition:Frontier to Foundry: the Making of Small Bronze Sculpture in the Gilcrease Collection, December 2014 - March 2015.
Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2014.