| 词条 | Bryant Baker |
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| bgcolour = #6495ED | name = Bryant Baker | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Percy Bryant Baker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|07|08|}} | birth_place = London, England, U.K. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|03|29|1881|07|08|}} | death_place = New York, New York, U.S. | nationality = British American | field = Sculpture | training = City and Guild Technical Institute Royal Academy of Arts | movement = | works = Pioneer Woman; L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune; George Washington, Mason | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} Percy Bryant Baker (July 8, 1881 – March 29, 1970) better known as Bryant Baker, was a British-born American sculptor. He sculpted a number of busts of famous Americans (including five presidents). In 1910, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom commissioned him to create a bust of King Edward VII. Life and careerBaker was born on July 8, 1881, in London, United Kingdom, to John Baker, a sculptor.{{sfn|Proske|1968|page=236}} His father and his sculptor grandfather both worked on wood and stone carvings at Westminster Abbey.{{sfn|Gay|Evert|1983|page=390}} His brother was Robert P. Baker, also a sculptor of note.{{sfn|National Sculpture Society|1929|page=20}} He became an apprentice sculptor under his father, and carved Gothic statues for Beverley Minster and decorative elements for the Victoria and Albert Museum.{{sfn|Proske|1968|page=236}} He studied art and sculpting at the City and Guild Technical Institute and later at the Royal Academy of Arts.[1] He graduated from the latter in 1910.{{sfn|Denslow|1957|page=47}} In 1910, Queen Alexandra commissioned him to sculpt a bust of Edward VII.{{sfn|Brown|1980|page=74}} She was so impressed with his work, that she then commissioned him to design a life-size statue of Edward VII, and later a bust in marble of the nine-year-old Prince Olaf of Norway.[1] In 1916, Baker emigrated to the United States, where he enlisted in the United States Army. He served during World War I in Army hospitals, crafting artificial limbs and face masks for wounded soldiers.[1] He became a U.S. citizen in 1923.{{sfn|Gay|Evert|1983|page=390}} Baker never married. In his final years, Baker lived in The Gainsborough high-rise apartment building at 222 West 59th Street in New York City. He died of unspecified causes at St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx on March 29, 1970.[1] He was cremated, and his ashes interred at St. Peter's Church in Fordcombe, Kent, England.[2] Shortly after his death, the contents of his New York studio were purchased and moved to the E. W. Marland Mansion in Ponca City.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} The mansion is now known as the Ponca City Cultural Center, and Baker's studio and copies of many of his works are on display there.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Baker was a Freemason, and belonged to the Constitutional Lodge No. 294 at Beverley, Yorkshire, England.{{sfn|Denslow|1957|page=47}} Notable works
According to the Smithsonian Institution, several copies of Baker's works can be found at the Ponca City Cultural Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Bryant Baker, Sculptor, Dies|work=The New York Times|date=March 31, 1970|page=A41}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fordcombevillage.co.uk/?q=content/st-peters-church|last=Sworder|first=John|title=St Peters Church.|website=FordcombeVillage.co.uk|date=October 2011|accessdate=April 2, 2012}} 3. ^"Bust of Sir Winston Churchill Unveiled." The Milwaukee Journal. May 31, 1958. 4. ^"Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970, sculptor." Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2011. Accessed 2012-04-01. Bibliography
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