American sculptor William Rush

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American sculptor William Rush was a pioneering early 19th-century woodcarver and public artist, often regarded as the first significant native-born sculptor in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
woodcarver ⓘ
activeYearsEnd early 19th century ⓘ
activeYearsStart late 18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1756-07-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1833-01-17 ⓘ
employer City of Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

United States Navy (as carver of figureheads) ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
familyName Rush ⓘ
fieldOfWork public art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
genre allegorical sculpture ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ
religious sculpture ⓘ
ship figureheads ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced early American sculptors ⓘ
influencedBy European neoclassical sculpture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ⓘ
movement Federal style ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
name William Rush ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first significant native-born American sculptors ⓘ
pioneering public sculpture in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Allegory of the Delaware River ⓘ
Allegory of the Schuylkill River ⓘ
Commodore William Bainbridge figurehead ⓘ
George Washington (carved figurehead) ⓘ
Portrait busts of prominent Philadelphians ⓘ
Water Nymph and Bittern ⓘ
occupation public artist ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
woodcarver ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfBurial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
positionHeld carver for the United States Navy ⓘ
director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ⓘ
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

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