George Grey Barnard (
1863—
1938),
American sculptor, was born at
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of May
1863. He first studied at the
Art Institute, Chicago[?], and in
1883—
1887 worked in P. T. Cavelier’s atelier at
Paris. He lived in Paris for twelve years, returning to America in
1896; and with his first exhibit at the
Salon of 1894[?] he scored a great success. His principal works include, “The Boy” (1885); “ Cain” (1886), later destroyed; “ Brotherly Love,” sometimes called “Two Friends” (1887); the allegorical “Two Natures” (1894, in the
Metropolitan Museum, New York[?]); “The Hewer” (1902, at Cairo, Illinois); “ Great God Pan” (in
Central Park, New York); the “Rose Maiden“; the simple and graceful “Maidenhood“.