George Grey Barnard letters to Mr. Van der Weyde

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George Grey Barnard letters to Mr. Van der Weyde

[ca. 1910-1921]

Barnard writes mainly concerning financial matters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6718850

Archives of American Art

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Weyde Van der, W. M.

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Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938

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American sculptor, 1863-1938, also art collector and dealer. Trained at Chicago Art Institute and L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Commissioned to do statues for the Capital in Harrisburg, Pa., a statue of Lincoln for Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent the last years of his life on a monument to peace entitled "Rainbow Arch" which was never realized. Barnard supported himself by selling Medieval art and artifacts. He built the "Cloisters" in New York City to house his personal collection and sold it in 1925 to...