Erastus Dow Palmer

Erastus Dow Palmer
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Born	(1817-04-02)April 2, 1817 Pompey, New York, U.S.
Died	Albany, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Known for	Sculpture

Erastus Dow Palmer (April 2, 1817 – March 9, 1904) was an American sculptor.

Life

Palmer was born in Pompey, New York. In his leisure moments as a carpenter he started by carving portraits in cameo, and then began to model in clay with much success. His style was academic classicism. Among his works are: The White Captive (I858) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Peace in Bondage (1863); Angel at the Sepulchre (1865), Albany, New York; a bronze statue of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston (1874), in Statuary Hall, Capitol, Washington; and many portrait busts. He died at his home in Albany on the 9th of March 1904.

Palmer's son, Walter Launt Palmer (1854-1932), who studied art under Carolus-Duran in Paris, became a member of the National Academy of Design (1897); and is best known for his painting of snow scenes.

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White Captive, Metropolitan Museum

References

Attribution

 

External links

• Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Palmer (see index)
• Marble Statue Female Nude and others
• Short bio
• Painting by Walter Launt Palmer
• The Winterthur Library Overview of an archival collection on Erastus Dow Palmer.
• Erastus Dow Palmer at Find a Grave
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: