He studied sculpture with Frederick Ruckstull at the Artist-Artisan Institute in New York City. He also taught there. He worked for a while as an apprentice to John Quincy Adams Ward.
^McCue, George, Photographs by David Finn and Amy Binder, ‘’Sculpture City: St. Louis, Sculpture in the “Gateway to the West”’’, Hudson Hills Press, NY, and Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 1988 pp.62-64
^Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
^Architect of the Capitol, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 210
^Bzdak, Meredith Arms and Douglas Peterson, photographs, Public Sculpture in New Jersey: Monuments to Collective Identity, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1999 p.11
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charles, tefft, charles, carl, eugene, tefft, september, 1874, september, 1951, american, sculptor, born, brewer, maine, statue, hannibal, hamlin, maine, statues, national, statuary, hall, collection, located, capitol, washington, second, tefft, statue, hamlin. Charles or Carl Eugene Tefft September 22 1874 September 20 1951 was an American sculptor born in Brewer Maine His statue of Hannibal Hamlin is one of Maine s two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection located in the US Capitol in Washington D C A second Tefft statue of Hamlin stands in Norumbega Mall a public park in downtown Bangor Maine Hannibal Hamlin National Statuary Hall Collection US Capitol Washington D C Luther Peirce Memorial Bangor Maine Fountain of Life Bronx He studied sculpture with Frederick Ruckstull at the Artist Artisan Institute in New York City He also taught there He worked for a while as an apprentice to John Quincy Adams Ward He set up his own studio in Tompkinsville New York and later in Guilford Maine As with many sculptors of his generation Tefft produced architectural sculpture most notably a figure Renaissance Art for Cass Gilbert s Saint Louis Art Museum in St Louis Missouri 1 Tefft was chosen as the director of sculpture at the Sesquicentennial Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1926 2 He died in Presque Isle Maine on September 20 1951 3 Works editRenaissance Art Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis Missouri ca 1904 Fountain of Life New York Botanical Garden Bronx New York 1905 Luther Peirce Memorial Bangor Maine 1926 Hannibal Hamlin National Statuary Hall Collection located in the US Capitol in Washington D C 1935 4 Hannibal Hamlin Norumbega Mall public park Bangor Maine One of the figures or a study for one of the figures from the Luther Peirce Memorial named River Driver was cast separately and placed in Brookgreen Gardens Murrells Inlet South Carolina in 1950 5 Victory World War I memorial Belleville New Jersey 1922 6 References edit McCue George Photographs by David Finn and Amy Binder Sculpture City St Louis Sculpture in the Gateway to the West Hudson Hills Press NY and Laumeier Sculpture Park St Louis 1988 pp 62 64 Proske Beatrice Gilman Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Brookgreen Gardens SC 1968 p 150 Opitz Glenn B Mantle Fielding s Dictionary of American Painters Sculptors amp Engravers Apollo Books Poughkeepsie NY 1988 Architect of the Capitol Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol United States Printing Office Washington 1965 p 210 Proske Beatrice Gilman Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Brookgreen Gardens SC 1968 p 151 Bzdak Meredith Arms and Douglas Peterson photographs Public Sculpture in New Jersey Monuments to Collective Identity Rutgers University Press New Brunswick NJ 1999 p 11 nbsp This article about an American sculptor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Tefft amp oldid 1161176912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
