Samuel Gompers

Moses Wainer Dykaar, Samuel Gompers, 1924, plaster, 22 1422 1812 14 in. (56.456.231.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1932.12.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Samuel Gompers
Date
1924
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 1422 1812 14 in. (56.456.231.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Gompers, Samuel — bust
Object Number
1932.12.2

Artwork Description

Samuel Gompers was the founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor. Born in England in 1850, he moved to the United States when he was thirteen and worked as a cigar maker. He was involved with the labor movement as a youth and saw the need for a national association of unions. Under his leadership, the AFL set a limit on child labor, ensured fixed hours for the working day, and established Labor Day as the workingman’s holiday. In 1925, Moses Dykaar presented the marble version of this bust to the AFL on behalf of the Cloth Cap and Fur Workers unions.

Works by this artist (6 items)

Herbert Gentry, Meeting Series "B": Our Lives, 1988, mixed media on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.1, © 1988, Herbert Gentry
Meeting Series B”: Our Lives
Date1988
mixed media on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Our City, 1998, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.1, © 1998, Herbert Gentry
Our City
Date1998
acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, L'Homme Vert, 1993, color etching with metallic additions on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.2, © 1993, Herbert Gentry
L’Homme Vert
Date1993
color etching with metallic additions on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Ici, 1985, lift ground and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.3, © 1985, Herbert Gentry
Ici
Date1985
lift ground and aquatint on paper
Not on view