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Birth
1817 (Pompey, New York)
Death
1904 (Albany, New York)
Lived/Active
New York
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cameo portrait, portrait painting
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Erastus Dow Palmer is significant to art historians as the first well-known American Neo-Classical* sculptor to pursue his professional career at home rather than abroad in Italy. He was a sculptor whose themes were often religious, especially dominated by Christianity, and the tone was often romantic and melodramatic.
He was born at Pompey, New York, and first worked as a carpenter and pattern maker, carving wood molds, and then took up cameo cutting. However, his eyesight su (showing 500 of 5929 characters). |
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