Henry K. Bush-Brown

Not to be confused with sculptor Henry Kirke Brown (1814–1886), his uncle.

Bush-Brown's first equestrian statue was a monument to Union General George Meade on the Gettysburg Battlefield, located close to the point where Pickett's Charge was repulsed.
Monument to General John F. Reynolds on the Gettysburg Battlefield; the horse has two feet raised, presenting problems of balance and construction.
The Lincoln Address Memorial, designed by Louis Henrick, with bust of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, erected at the Gettysburg Battlefield in 1912[1]

Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (April 21, 1857 in Ogdensburg, New York[2] –1935) was an American sculptor and the adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. He was raised in Newburgh, New York and attended the National Academy of Design in New York City. He became known for historically accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history.

Bush-Brown married Margaret White Lesley, also a painter, with whom he had three surviving children; their daughter, Lydia, became a noted designer.[3][4]

Henry K. Bush-Brown was the first president of the Arts Club of Washington.

  1. ^ Einhorn, Lois (1992). Abraham Lincoln, the orator: penetrating the Lincoln legend. Greenwood Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-313-26168-7.
  2. ^ BUSH-BROWN, Henry Kirke, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 390
  3. ^ "CLARA". Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.