George Edwin Bissell

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George Edwin Bissell (February 16, 1839 – August 30, 1920) was an American sculptor.

Biography

Bissell was born New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York.

He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883-1896, with occasional visits to America. Among his more important works are

The Soldiers' Monument at Waterbury, Connecticut
Statue of Colonel Chatfield at Waterbury, Connecticut
The statue on top of the Soldier's Monument at Winsted, Connecticut
Statue of General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York
Statue of Chancellor John Watts in Trinity Churchyard, New York City
Statue of Colonel Abraham de Peyster, originally placed in Bowling Green, New York City
Statue of Abraham Lincoln at Edinburgh
Statue of Abraham Lincoln at Clermont, Iowa
Statue of Robert Burns and Highland Mary, in Ayr, Scotland
Statue of Chancellor James Kent, in the Congressional library, Washington, D.C.
Statue of a Civil War soldier, on the Town Green in Colchester, Connecticut
Statue of President Arthur in Madison Square, New York City

Bissell also created smaller works, such as a bust of President Abraham Lincoln as well as a larger statue of the president. ^[1]

References

Opitz, Glenn, B.,editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY 1986
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

^ "George Edwin Bissell at auction". Fine Art 2007. Rago Arts and Auction Center. http://ragoarts.com/results/?p=search&q=george+edwin+bissell.

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Name	Bissell, George Edwin
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Short description	American sculptor
Date of birth	16 February 1839
Place of birth	New Preston, Connecticut
Date of death	August 30, 1920
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