Creator of the first western bronze, Henry Kirke Brown achieved that distinction with his work, "The Choosing of the Arrow." Brown was fascinated with American history, especially American Indians, and was committed to American artists dedicating themselves to American and not the Europeans subjects so prevalent among the many Americans with Old World classical training.
He was born in Leyden, Massachusetts, and showing early art talent for portraiture, went to Boston at age 18 to study w (showing 500 of 2140 characters). |
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