Howard Roberts (sculptor)

For the jazz musician of this name, see Howard Roberts.
Robert Fulton (1878-83) by Howard Roberts, Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol.

Howard Roberts (April 8, 1843 – April 19, 1900) was an American sculptor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, he was "considered the most accomplished American sculptor."[1] But his output was small, his reputation was soon surpassed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and others, and he is now all but forgotten. Examples of his work are in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the U.S. Capitol.

  1. ^ Matthew Baigell, Dictionary of American Art, (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 304.