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John J Boyle

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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Sculpture


Spouse(s)
  
Elizabeth Carroll

Name
  
John Boyle

John J. Boyle

Born
  
1851
New York City

Died
  
February 10, 1917, New York City, New York, United States

Artwork
  
Stone Age in America, John Christian Bullitt, The Alarm, Commodore John Barry, Benjamin Franklin

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John J. Boyle (1851, New York City - February 10, 1917, New York City) was an American sculptor.

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He studied at the Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and École des Beaux-Arts. He married Elizabeth Carroll, in Philadelphia, in 1882. In 1910, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

Boyle died at his home in New York City in 1917.

Selected works

  • The Alarm, (Indian Alarm) (1884), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Stone Age in America (1887), Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Tammany, 42nd New York Infantry Memorial (1891), Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • Sir Francis Bacon (1894–96), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Plato (1894–96), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • Benjamin Franklin (1896–99), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A replica was exhibited at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair in Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • Bust of Charles Lenning (1900), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • The Savage Age in the Eastern Hemisphere (1901), Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.
  • The Savage Age in the Western Hemisphere (1901), Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York.
  • Bust of James V. Brown (1907), James V. Brown Library, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
  • John Christian Bullitt (1907), City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Rebecca at the Well (1908), Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Commodore John Barry (1911–14), Franklin Square, Washington, D.C.

    • References

    John J. Boyle Wikipedia
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