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William Clark Noble

William Clark Noble

American sculptor

William Clark Noble (February 10, 1858 – May 10, 1938) was an American sculptor best known for his monuments.

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Early life

Noble was born on February 10, 1858, in Gardiner, Maine. He was a son of Clark Noble, a ship’s captain, and Emma Freeman Noble, a descendant of Elder William Brewster, who came over on the Mayflower.[1] After his father's death at sea, his mother, older brother, and infant Clark went to live on her father's farm in Richmond, Maine.[2]

He studied with Horatio Greenough and Lorado Taft.[3] Taft, in his History of American Sculpture, remarked that Noble was one of a group of sculptors who had, "made something of a specialty of military figures."[4]

Career

Governor Andrew Curtin (1911-13), Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg Battlefield

Noble designed coinage for Guatemala and Panama.[5] His Guatemalan quetzal (1925)[6] and Panamanian balboa (1931)[7] each exchanged for one US dollar. In 1924, Noble was selected by the Woman's Universal Alliance to create the Mothers' Memorial to be erected in Washington, D.C., in honor of motherhood and the world's great women.[8]

He was a member of the National Arts Club and the National Sculpture Society.[9]

"His best-known works include the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Newport, Rhode Island, and statues of Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, and General 'Mad Anthony' Wayne for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis."[2]

Personal life

Noble was married three times, including his last marriage to the former Emile Berlin Bleecker. His son, William Clark Noble Jr., also became an artist.[1]

Noble died on May 10, 1938, in Washington, D.C.[1] He and his widow are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in South Gardiner, Maine.[10]

Selected works

War memorials

  • Reverend William Ellery Channing (1892–93), Newport, Rhode Island
  • 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (1904), Antietam Battlefield, Maryland
  • 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (1904), Antietam Battlefield, Maryland
  • Civil War Memorial (1906), Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
  • Monsignor Doane (1908), Newark, New Jersey
  • Minerva (1909), Maine State House, Augusta
  • Civil War Monument (1917), Danville, Illinois
  • Charles William Eliot medallion (1924)

References

  1. [1]
    "WILLIAM C. NOBLE, SCULPTOR, ARTIST; Creator of Statues Here and in Other Eastern Cities Dies in Washington at 80 DREW MODELS FOR COINS Designed Pieces for Panama and Guatemala--Planned J. P.Sousa Memorial" (PDF). The New York Times. May 12, 1938. Retrieved December 11, 2019.(subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "W. Clark Noble". americanart.si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988.
  4. [4]
    Taft, Lorado, The History of American Sculpture, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925, p. 435.
  5. [5]
    "Works of sculptor W. Clark Noble placed on exhibition at 'Belcourt'", Newport Daily News, August 13, 1959, p. 16.
  6. [6]
    Guatemalan quetzal, from Numista.
  7. [7]
    Panamanian Balboa, from NGC.
  8. [8]
    "APPROVE MEMORIAL TO MOTHERHOOD; Committees Select Design by W. Clark Noble for Erection in Washington" (PDF). The New York Times. July 6, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2019.(subscription required)
  9. [9]
    Third Exhibition of the National Sculpture Society in the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society: From May 1st to May 21st Inclusive, 1898. National Sculpture Society. 1898. p. 54. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Mrs. W. Clark Noble" (PDF). The New York Times. April 2, 1959. Retrieved December 11, 2019.(subscription required)
  11. [11]
    Rev. Charles T. Brooks, from SIRIS.
  12. [12]
    William Winter, In Memory of John McCullough, (Philadelphia: Devinne Press, 1889), p. 46-51.
  13. [13]
    Old Salt, from Invaluable.
  14. [14]
    William Ellery Channing, from SIRIS.
  15. [15]
    "New Donations to New Orleans Museum of Art," NOMA press release, January 14, 2012.
  16. [16]
    "The Silversmith's Art in Its Highest Estate", The Jeweler's Circular, June 22, 1898, cover & p.7. (Scroll up for photos.)
  17. [17]
    Joseph Jefferson Presentation Cup, from Sotheby's New York.
  18. [18]
    Joseph Jefferson as Rip van Winkle, from Mark Lasalle Fine Art.
  19. [19]
    The Monumental News, January 1897, pp. 20-21.
  20. [20]
    Commercial Cable Company Building, from Amazon.
  21. [21]
    Phillips Brooks Memorial, Review of Reviews, September, 1895, pp.258 & 270.
  22. [22]
    Florence N. Levy, Art in New York, (New York: Art Service, 1922), p. 48.
  23. [23]
    Joshua Newton Perkins, History of the Parish of the Incarnation, New York City, 1852–1912, (Frank B. Howard Press, 1912), p.190. (Scroll down for a photo.)
  24. [24]
    David Rowland Francis, The Universal Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis, MO: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, 1913), p.204.
  25. [25]
    "World's Fair Statuary", Rock Island Argus, February 22, 1905, p.6.
  26. [26]
    Monsignor Doane, from Newark History.
  27. [27]
    Monsignor Doane, from SIRIS.
  28. [28]
    Minerva, from SIRIS.
  29. [29]
    "The Statue on the State-House Dome" Maine Library Bulletin, vol. 13, nos. 1-2 (July–October, 1927), p.21.
  30. [30]
    Minerva, from Tom Forst.
  31. [31]
    Lincoln the Candidate, from SIRIS.
  32. [32]
    George Washington Carver, from Skinner Auctions.
  33. [33]
    Honus Wagner, from Christie's New York.
  34. [34]
    The portrait appears on the cover of Myra B. Lord, Mary Baker Eddy: A Concise Story of Her Life & Works, (1918).
  35. [35]
    Our World, November 1922, p. 9.
  36. [36]
    Charles William Eliot, from SIRIS.
  37. [37]
    Newport Soldiers and Sailors Monument, from SIRIS.
  38. [38]
    Newport Soldiers and Sailors Monument, from Getty Images.
  39. [39]
    General Josiah Porter, from NYC Parks.
  40. [40]
    50th PA Infantry Monument, from SIRIS.
  41. [41]
    50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument, from National Park Service.
  42. [42]
    100th PA Infantry Monument, from SIRIS.
  43. [43]
    Danville Soldiers Monument, from SIRIS.
  44. [44]
    Bellefonte Civil War Memorial, from SIRIS.
  45. [45]
    Governor Curtin (Gettysburg), from SIRIS.
  46. [46]
    Governor Curtin (Bellefonte), from SIRIS.
  47. [47]
    Governor Curtin (Harrisburg), from SIRIS.
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