Carl Rohl-Smith | |
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 Carl Rohl-Smith c. 1899 | |
| Born | April 3, 1848 |
| Died | August 20, 1900 (aged 52) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish American |
| Education | Copenhagen Academy |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Monument William Belknap Funerary Monument |
| Movement | Realism (visual arts) |
Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl-Smith[1] (April 3, 1848- August 20, 1900) was a Danish American sculptor who was active in Europe and the United States from 1870 to 1900. He sculpted a number of life-size and small bronzes based on Greco-Roman mythological themes in Europe as well as a wide number of bas-reliefs, busts, funerary monuments, and statues throughout Denmark, the German Confederation, and Italy. Emigrating to the United States in 1886, he once more produced a number of sculptures for private citizens. His most noted American works were a statue of a soldier for a Battle of the Alamo memorial in Texas, a statue of Benjamin Franklin for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, a statue group in Chicago commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre, and the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in Washington, D.C.
- ^ Carr, p. 375.