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George Bissell

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George Edwin Bissell (1839 - 1920) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  George Bissell is known for Life size and portrait bust sculpture, monuments, carved marble.

George Bissell was born in New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York.

He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883-1896, with occasional visits to America. Among his more important works are:
    •    Union Soldier, Town Green, Colchester, Connecticut, 1875.
    •    Frederic de Peyster, New York Historical Society, New York City, ca. 1875.
    •    Chatfield Monument, Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut, ca. 1880.
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22 Book References for George Bissell
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Austin, Robert Michael Artists of the Litchfield Hills
(Exhibition catalog)		 132 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Tolles, Thayer (Editor); Lauretta Dimmick, Donna J. Hassler American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume One: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Before 1865 451 Yes
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1990 Boime, Albert The Art of Exclusion Representing Blacks in the 19th Century 256 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Myers, Fred The Treasures of Gilcrease (Tulsa OK) 106 Yes
1977 Brown, Milton W American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 631 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1941 New York Historical Society American Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures 367 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1909 Rathbun, Richard The National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Inst, Bulletin 70 140 No
1897 Small, Herbert (compiler) Handbook of the New Library of Congress in Washington 128 No
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