Artist

Hiram Powers

born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873
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Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Born
Woodstock, Vermont, United States
Died
Florence, Italy
Active in
  • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Biography

Born and grew up in Vermont, later lived in Ohio before moving to Florence, Italy, in 1837. Sculptor who produced lifelike portrait busts such as Andrew Jackson (1835) and idealized figures such as The Greek Slave (1843) that helped to overcome the public's dislike of female nudity in art.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Jacob Ruisdael, Drawing, n.d., ink and ink wash, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.7.133
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ink and ink wash
Not on view

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      • 3D Scanning the "Greek Slave" by Hiram Powers 3D Scanning the "Greek Slave" by Hiram Powers
      • 3D scanning Hiram Powers' "Greek Slave" plaster - Time-lapse 3D scanning Hiram Powers' "Greek Slave" plaster - Time-lapse

      Exhibitions

      Media - 1968.155.1 - SAAM-1968.155.1_3 - 80074
      Measured Perfection: Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave
      July 2, 2015July 8, 2017
      This one-gallery exhibition reveals the inner workings of the studio of Hiram Powers (1805–1873), who was among the most innovative sculptors of the nineteenth century, eagerly adapting long-standing sculpture traditions to new technologies of his age.