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Carl Augustus Heber
Sculptor
American, (4/15/1874–1956)
Carl Augustus Heber was an American sculptor noted for his public monuments. Heber was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1874. At a young age, he moved with his family to Dundee, Illinois. He later moved to Chicago, where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft. Heber continued his studies in Paris at the Académie Julian as well as the École des Beaux-Arts before returning to the United States. Heber frequently moved - living in Philadelphia periodically, New York City (1908 and 1913), Hudson, New York (1920 and 1922), and Nyack, New York (1919 - 1912, 1919, and 1923). Many of his works can be found in New York State. Heber became a member of the National Sculpture Society in 1904. His works were presented at their 1923 exhibit. He was awarded commissions for public works in New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois. In 1916 he completed the Spirit of Industry and Commerce figures that ornament the arches that define the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge from the Manhattan side. He also completed the Winged Victory sculpture for the McGolrick Park War Memorial in Brooklyn in 1923. Other notable sculptural works include Benjamin Franklin in the collection of Princeton University, and Roman Epic Poetry in the Brooklyn Museum. Heber exhibited semi-regularly at the annual exhibition of th Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He won a bronze medal for his sculpture in the St. Louis Exposition (1904) and at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco (1915). He won a prize at the American Institute of Architects and T Square Joint exhibition in Philadelphia. He was also known as a talented medallist. One of his most famous commemorative medals depicts Thomas Hastings and John M. Carrère (example in the Frick Collection). Heber later moved to Philadelphia, where he died in 1956. - Abigail Hartmann Associates, 2018


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