Robert L. Owen

Copied Moses Wainer Dykaar, Robert L. Owen, 1926, plaster, 24 1⁄8 x 20 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄8 in. (61.2 x 52.1 x 33.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1929.12.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Robert L. Owen
Artist
Date
1926
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 1⁄8 x 20 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄8 in. (61.2 x 52.1 x 33.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Owen, Robert L. — bust
  • Occupation — law — Supreme Court justice
Object Number
1929.12.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1929.12.2

Artwork Description

Robert Latham Owen was born in Virginia in 1856. After graduating from Washington and Lee University, he moved to the Cherokee Nation, where he practiced law and served on the Board of Education. He was one of Oklahoma’s first two senators, serving from 1907 until 1925. After retiring, he developed a phonetic alphabet, which he described as "a mechanism by which the English language can be taught as a world language."