Allen Hutchinson

Allen Hutchinson (8 January 1855 – 28 July 1929) was an English sculptor.

Hutchinsono was born in Staffordshire, England. He trained in London under Edouard Lanteri.[1] He traveled to Canada and California in 1886. In 1888, he moved to Hawaii, where he modeled busts of King Kalākaua, Robert Louis Stevenson, and president of the Republic of Hawaii Sanford B. Dole. While in Hawaii, Hutchinson married, and the couple had a daughter. In 1894, he was one of the founders of the Kilohana Art League.[2] In 1899, Hutchinson and his family left Hawaii for Australia and New Zealand. He returned to the United states in 1902, and moved back to London in 1928. He died in London on 28 July 1929.[3]

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Yale University), the Bishop Museum (Honolulu), the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the San Diego Historical Society, and the Stevenson Society of America are among the public collections holding sculptures by Allen Hutchinson.

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  1. ^ Severson, p. 210
  2. ^ Severson, 2002, pp. XXIV-XXV
  3. ^ Kamerling, 1989