William Couper (sculptor)
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William Couper (1853-1942) was an American sculptor.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Couper returned from the studios of Munich and Florence and established himself in New York in 1897 as a portraitist and sculptor of busts in the modern Italian manner. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Thomas Ball (1819-1911) and colleague of Daniel Chester French.
Couper is well known for his winged figures, such as the Recording Angel in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, and allegorical figures Pysche, and A Crown for the Victor, in the Montclair Art Museum.
Couper lived in Montclair, New Jersey until his death in 1942.[1]
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[edit] Works
- Confederate Monument in downtown Norfolk, VA 1906
- Bronze statue of Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire at the Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
- Statue of Captain John Smith overlooking the James River at Jamestown
- Statue of Joseph Bryan, Monroe PArk, Richmond, Virginia 1910
[edit] References
- ^ Raynor, Vivien. " Art; THE MAGNET OF MONTCLAIR: ITS ATTRACTIONS ON VIEW", The New York Times, December 27, 1981. Accessed December 6, 2007. "By the 1890's, the colony included several sculptors, among them Jonathan Scott Hartley, Inness's son-in-law, and William Couper. It was Couper who built the substantial villa, Poggioridente, an Italianate pile that still stands on Upper Mountain Avenue."
[edit] Sources
- Couper, Greta Elena, An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour: The Life and Works of William Couper (1853-1942), TreCavalli Press, 1988
[edit] External links
- An American Sculptor on the Grand Tour - a complete illustrated biography
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