- City:
- Brooklyn, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Art Works, Archaeology and History, Monuments and Memorials, Sculptures, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Artists:
- Frederick MacMonnies, Thomas Eakins, William Rudolf O'Donovan
- Designer:
- John Hemingway Duncan
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This dramatic arch in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza was created by architect John Hemingway Duncan in 1889-1892. The statuary on the arch was added over the next several years, by several different artists including William Rudolf O’Donovan (men), Thomas Eakins (horses) and Frederick MacMonnies (Army and Navy sculptures and the allegorical crowning sculpture).
In the 1930s, the sculpture was restored with federal funding under Karl Gruppe, “chief sculptor of the Monument Restoration Project of the New York City Parks Department, from 1934 to 1937.” The program was initially supported by federal funding from the Public Works of Art Project (Lowrey, 2008), and later by the WPA.
Source notes
NYC Parks - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Wikipedia Parks Monuments Conservation Crew Vintage Film, NYC Parks Site Lowrey, Carol. 2008. A Legacy of Art: Paintings and Sculptures by Artist Life Members of the National Arts Club. NYC Parks - Cooper TriangleSite originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on March 12, 2016.
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