Massachusetts native Hermon Atkins MacNeil trained in Paris and assisted on sculptures for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He designed the Standing Liberty quarter and was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman competition for Ponca City, Oklahoma, in 1927. Although he did not win that competition, his works include sculptures for the east pediment of the Supreme Court building, Washington, DC.
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
Role(s):
Artist
Names (all):
MacNeil, Hermon Atkins
Birth Date:
1866
Death Date:
1947
Nationalities:
American (North American)
Roles:
American sculptor, medalist, 1866-1947
Gender:
male
Note:
American sculptor. Comment on works: sculptor
Related People:
Huntington, Anna Hyatt, teacher of - person American sculptor, 1876-1973
Chapu, Henri Michel Antoine, student of - person French sculptor and medalist, 1833-1891
Falguière, Jean Alexandre Joseph, student of - person French sculptor, 1831-1900
McClure, Caroline Sumner Wood, student of - person American sculptor, 1875-1959
MacNeil, Hermon. The Returning of the Snakes. 08.108. late 19th century - early 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/08108 (11/16/2017).
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