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Name
  
Frederick Hibbard

Died
  
1950

Frederick Hibbard
Education
  
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Missouri

Frederick Cleveland Hibbard (June 15, 1881 - December 12, 1950) Chicago based American sculptor, born in Canton, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri before deciding to be a sculptor and becoming a pupil of Lorado Taft's at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hibbard is best remembered for his Civil War memorials, produced to commemorate both the Union and Confederate causes.

Hibbard was a member of the National Sculpture Society and exhibited at their 1923 show, held in New York City.

Selected works

  • Carter H. Harrison, Union Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1907.
  • Confederate Soldier Monument, Monroe County Courthouse, Forsyth, Georgia, 1907-08.
  • General James Shields, Carroll County Courthouse, Carrollton, Missouri, 1910.
  • A replica of this is at the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul.
  • Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), Riverview Park, Hannibal, Missouri, 1913.
  • Confederate Monument, erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Shiloh National Military Park, 1917
  • Col. Alexander Doniphan, Ray County Courthouse, Richmond, Missouri, 1917-18.
  • General Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1919.
  • Col. David N. Foster, Swinney Park, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1922.
  • Parade Rest and Lookout, Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1923.
  • Bust of John Ross Callahan, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio, 1923.
  • Jefferson Davis, bronze, Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site, Fairview, Kentucky, 1924.
  • Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn at the Foot of Cardiff Hill, Cardiff Hill, North & Main Streets, Hannibal, Missouri, 1926.
  • Jefferson Davis, marble, Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1936.
  • Jefferson Davis, bronze, Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, 1940.
  • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument, East Park, Racine, Wisconsin, 1943.
  • Volney Rogers Memorial, Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio

    • References

    Frederick Hibbard Wikipedia
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