Robert Aitken (sculptor)

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Robert Ingersoll Aitken was an American sculptor who was born May 8, 1878 in San Francisco, California and died in New York City, January 3, 1949.

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[edit] Education and early career

Aitken studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco with Douglas Tilden. From 1901 until 1904 he was an instructor there. In 1904 he moved to Paris where he continued his studies. He returned to New York City after his sojourn in Paris and was employed as an instructor at the Art Students League.

Like many of the other sculptors of his generation Aitken produced several notable works of architectural sculpture.

Many of his works were carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, including the pieces for the National Archives Building.

[edit] Works

[edit] Architectural sculpture

[edit] Images

the Past, National Archives Building

Guardians of the Portal, National Archives Building

the Future, National Archives Building

[edit] Sources and resources

  • Goode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. 1974
  • Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. 1985
  • Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
  • 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
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