Henry Hering
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Henry Hering was an American sculptor who was born New York City on February 15, 1874 and died there on January 17, 1949.
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[edit] Early career
He was a student of Augustus St. Gaudens at Cooper Union and of Philip Martiny at the Art Students League. He then went to Paris where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts.
[edit] Later career
Following his return from Paris Hering worked as an assistant to Augustus Saint Gaudens until Saint Gaudens death in 1907. In 1910 Hering married another long time Saint Gaudens' assistant Elsie Ward Hering, who gave up her career as a sculptor, serving as her husband's helper from then on.
Henry Haring is well known for his work as an architectural sculptor. Although a few of his later works are considered to be Art Deco, notably the Severance Hall decorations and the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, most of his work consists of allegorical figures and his reputation as a sculptor decreased along with the decline of architectural, figurative and allegorical work. As with many other such artists Hering's oeuvre is now being reexamined in a more positive light.
The National Sculpture Society gives out the Henry Hering Award every year for noteworthy collaboration been sculptor and architect.
[edit] Notable public works
- Energy in Repose, Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923
- Pro Patria Indiana War Memorial, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1929, Walker & Weeks. architects.
- This statue was the largest bronze statue ever to have been cast in America at that time.
- Pere Marquette, Marquette Park, Gary, Indiana, 1932
- Abraham Lincoln, University Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1934
- Peace, Peace Gardens, Cleveland, Ohio 1936
[edit] Architectural sculpture
- Memory, Peace, Courage, Devotion, for the Yale Civil War memorial, New Haven, Connecticut, 1913
- Relief figures, Federal Reserve Bank Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects, Kansas City, Missouri, 1919
- Allegorical figures for the Field Museum of Natural History, Daniel Burnham and Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects, Chicago, Illinois, 1920
- Integrity and Security, Federal Reserve Building, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923
- Defense and Regeneration, pylons on Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, 1925
- Law, Science, Religion, Education, Civc Center, Indianapolis, Indiana,
- Indiana War Memorial, Walker & Weeks. architects, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1928-29
- Civic Opera Building Pediments, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects, Chicago, Illinois, 1929
- Union Station, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects, Chicago, Illinois, 1925
- Severance Hall Pediment, Severance Hall, Walker & Weeks, architects, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931
- Guardians of Traffic, bridge pylons for the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, Walker and Weeks architects, Cleveland, Ohio, 1932
- The pylons were designed by Frank Walker and sculpted by Hering.
[edit] References
- Bach, Ira, editor, Chicago's Famous Buildings, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1980
- Johannesen, Eric, A Cleveland Legacy: The Architecture of Walker and Weeks, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1999
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
- National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture 1929, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY 1929
- Opitz, Glenn B , Editor, Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
- Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 1968
