Ives, Chauncey |
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BORN 14 Oct 1810, Hamden, Connecticut - DIED 2 Aug 1894, Roma, Lazio BIRTH NAME Ives, Chauncey Bradley GRAVE LOCATION Roma, Lazio: Cimitero Acattolico, Via Caio Cestio 6 (Zona Prima, 12.43 (756)) |
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Chauncey Ives came from a family of farmers. Against the wishes of his family, he became apprentice to the woodcarver Rodolphus Northrop in New Haven. He also studied under Hezekiah Augur. He started carving portraits in marble and worked in Boston for a while before he opened a studio in New York City in 1841. But competition was fierce and his health was fragile because he suffered from tuberculosis. In 1844 he moved to Italy, where he lived in Florence for six years. In 1851 he settled in Rome and there he lived for the rest of his life. In 1855 he succesfully exhibited several works in New York City and they were easily sold. During the 1860s and 1870s he produced worlks in neclassical style. His sculptures of Jonathan Trumbull (1869) and Roger Sherman (1870) were commissioned by the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol and in 1872 they were placed there. From 1880 to 1882 he created "Undine Rising from the Waters" (Yale University Art Gallery), an icon of the American neoclassical movement. |
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 The grave of Chauncey Bradley Ives at the Cimitero Acattolico, Rome. Picture by Androom (27 Feb 2015) |
Sources • Chauncey Ives - Wikipedia |
