Artist

Paul Manship

born St. Paul, MN 1885-died New York City 1966
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Paul Manship at work in his studio, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0085152
Also known as
  • Paul Howard Manship
  • Paul H. Manship
Born
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Sculptor. The country's most famous exponent of Art Deco, he embraced archaic vocabularies of Greek, Roman, and Indian art to create decorative, stylized, Neoclassical works. The statue in the fountain in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza, Prometheus (1933) is one of his famous works.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (483 items)

Paul Manship, Appeal to the Great Spirit, 1954?, bronze on marble base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.66
Appeal to the Great Spirit
Date1954?
bronze on marble base
On view
Paul Manship, Bulldog, 1906, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.41
Bulldog
Date1906
bronze
On view
Paul Manship, Pronghorn Antelope, 1914, bronze on marble base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.15
Pronghorn Antelope
Date1914
bronze on marble base
On view