American sculptor William Rush

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American sculptor William Rush was a pioneering early 19th-century woodcarver and public artist, often regarded as the first significant native-born sculptor in the United States.

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instanceOf human
sculptor
woodcarver
activeYearsEnd early 19th century
activeYearsStart late 18th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1756-07-04
dateOfDeath 1833-01-17
employer City of Philadelphia NERFINISHED
United States Navy (as carver of figureheads) NERFINISHED
familyName Rush NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork public art
sculpture
woodcarving
genre allegorical sculpture
portrait sculpture
religious sculpture
ship figureheads
givenName William
influenced early American sculptors
influencedBy European neoclassical sculpture
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts NERFINISHED
movement Federal style
Neoclassicism
name William Rush NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor being one of the first significant native-born American sculptors
pioneering public sculpture in the United States
notableWork Allegory of the Delaware River NERFINISHED
Allegory of the Schuylkill River NERFINISHED
Commodore William Bainbridge figurehead NERFINISHED
George Washington (carved figurehead) NERFINISHED
Portrait busts of prominent Philadelphians
Water Nymph and Bittern NERFINISHED
occupation public artist
sculptor
woodcarver
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfBurial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld carver for the United States Navy
director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED

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