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Carl H. Conrads (February 26, 1839 in Breisig, Germany – May 24, 1920 in Hartford, Connecticut)〔''Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934''.〕 was an American sculptor best known for his work on Civil War monuments and his two works in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He was also known as Charles Conrads. ==Biography== He was born in Sinzig-on-the-Rhine, the son of Heinrich Joseph Conrads and Johanna Maria Catherina Fleischer. His father was mayor of their town until removed from office by the Prussians in 1850. In 1853 his parents and brother Robert emigrated to Texas, where they became farmers and furnituremakers.〔Lonn Taylor & David B. Warren, ''Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Volume 2'' (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012), p. 265.〕 Carl remained in Munich and received a diploma from the Koeniglich Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Kunste.〔 He emigrated to New York in 1860,〔Opitz, Glenn B., ''Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers'', Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988〕 and served as an artilleryman in the 20th New York Volunteers during the American Civil War.〔("The Sculptor Carl Conrad" (sic), ) ''The New York Times'', January 21, 1890.〕 He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1866 to work for James G. Batterson at the New England Granite Works, where he worked until 1903.〔 A reference from 1879:
Sculptor and sculpture historian Lorado Taft said of him: "a German of good training, has identified himself with sculpture in granite, and has done much creditable work well adapted to the requirements of that ungrateful material." 〔Taft, Lorado, ''The History of American Sculpture'', The Macmillan Company, New York,1925 p. 502〕 Noteworthy among his granite works are his colossal ''American Volunteer'' statue at Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Maryland; his seated figure of ''Morality'' on the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts – "said to be the largest solid granite monument in the world;"〔http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/rmp/downloads/rmpforefathers.pdf〕 and his Alexander Hamilton statue in Central Park, New York City.〔Lederer, Joseph, photographs by Arley Bondarin, ‘’All Around Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City’’, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1975 p. 148〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carl Conrads」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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