Nationality American Children Walter Launt Palmer Known for Sculpture | Role Sculptor Name Erastus Palmer | |
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Born April 2, 1817 ( 1817-04-02 ) Pompey, New York, U.S. Died March 9, 1904, Albany, New York, United States | ||
Erastus Dow Palmer (April 2, 1817 – March 9, 1904) was an American sculptor.
Life
Palmer was born in Pompey, New York. In his leisure moments as a carpenter he started by carving portraits in cameo, and then began to model in clay with much success. His style was academic classicism. Among his works are: The White Captive (I858) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Peace in Bondage (1863); Angel at the Sepulchre (1865), Albany, New York; a bronze statue of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston (1874), in Statuary Hall, Capitol, Washington; and many portrait busts. He died at his home in Albany on March 9, 1904.
Palmer's son, Walter Launt Palmer (1854-1932), who studied art under Carolus-Duran in Paris, became a member of the National Academy of Design (1897); and is best known for his painting of snow scenes.
