Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
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Hancock, Walker Kirtland (American sculptor and teacher, 1901-1998)
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Walker Kirtland Hancock (1901-1998) was a sculptor from Gloucester, Mass.
Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Mo. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967.
Sculptor; Gloucester, Mass. b. 1901. d. Dec. 30, 1998.
Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Mo. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967. During his career, he produced hundreds of realistic works, ranging from a 39 ft. bronze angel in the 30th St. Station in Philadelphia, to a bust of former President Bush in the Capitol, to a monumental statue of James Madison in the Library of Congress, to a Christ figure in the central altar in the National Cathedral in Washington. Hancock first visited Gloucester in 1921, built a studio there, and later moved there permanently. He died at home at age 97.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/93745716
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1543157
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n96121928
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n96121928
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