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Hermon Atkins Macneil
Sculpture - Bronze
(Everett, Massachusetts, 1866 - 1947, Queens, New York)
Hermon Atkins MacNeil was an American Sculptor, born in Everett, Massachusetts. He graduated from Massachusetts Normal Art School, now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, in 1886. He became an instructor at Cornell University before going to Paris for further training. Upon returning, he helped with the preparation of sketch models for the World’s Columbian Exposition. This project helped him in winning the Rinehart Scholarship, in which he spent four years in Rome. In 1906 he became a National Academician. He produced a number of important works. He is best known for his work designing the Statue of Liberty quarter, which was minted from 1916-1930. He included his initials on the right side of the date. He also made “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” which stands on the east pediment of the United States Supreme Court building. He died in Queens, New York, at the age of 81.
Sculpture - Bronze
(Everett, Massachusetts, 1866 - 1947, Queens, New York)
Hermon Atkins MacNeil was an American Sculptor, born in Everett, Massachusetts. He graduated from Massachusetts Normal Art School, now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, in 1886. He became an instructor at Cornell University before going to Paris for further training. Upon returning, he helped with the preparation of sketch models for the World’s Columbian Exposition. This project helped him in winning the Rinehart Scholarship, in which he spent four years in Rome. In 1906 he became a National Academician. He produced a number of important works. He is best known for his work designing the Statue of Liberty quarter, which was minted from 1916-1930. He included his initials on the right side of the date. He also made “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” which stands on the east pediment of the United States Supreme Court building. He died in Queens, New York, at the age of 81.
