Mr. Benton Comes from Washington.
| Autor: | Stack, Joan |
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| Zdroj: | Missouri Life; Sep2023, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p18-20, 3p, 5 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph |
| Abstrakt: | DEPARTMENTS ARTIST Between 1899 and 2022, the seven-and-a-half-foot marble effigy of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton watched over Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Missouri Governor William Stone headed the commission that selected the artist and ultimately approved the finished Statuary Hall sculptures representing Missouri. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reported that some of Missouri's leading sculptors resented Doyle and had suggested that the awardee's previous work indicated that he would be unlikely to "do credit to the state of Missouri.". [Extracted from the article] |
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