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Martin Milmore

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Martin Milmore (1844 - 1883) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Martin Milmore is known for Sculptor-portrait bust.

Martin Millmore, a sculptor, was born in Sligo, Ireland in 1844 and brought to Boston, Massachusetts in 1851.

Training began with his brother, Joseph, a stonecutter, who later became his assistant. Millmore was apprenticed to Thomas Ball from 1858 to 1862 working mainly on his equestrian "George Washington" (1858-61, Boston Public Gardens). After Ball departed for Italy, Millmore became Boston's leading sculptor.

Realistic in style and aiming to be ideal, his work included busts of leading Bostonians, including Wendell Phillips (circa 1870, Old State House), in a straightforward manner. Best known for his Civil War monuments, Millmore contributed to the development of new and later often imitated memorials that featured, in the smaller examples, the common soldier rather than officers and, in the more complex ones, a shaft surrounded by plaques and sculptural figures. A monument in Claremont, New Hampshire (1869) represents the former type, a large one on the Boston Commo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1184 characters.]  Artist bio

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Martin Milmore
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques The Art of Forest Hills Cemetery November 1998 Fairbanks, Jonathan, etc Yes
10 Book References for Martin Milmore
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
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Soria, Regina Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940) 332 No
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1976 Editor for Architect of the Capitol Art in the United States Capitol 0 Yes
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
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