Richard E. Brooks



Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, studied in Paris under the sculptor Jean-Paul Aubé (1837–1916). His early work Chant de la Vague (Song of the Wave) was idealistic; later works were more conventional statues.

Notable works

 * Statue of Thomas Cass, in Boston (1899).
 * Bust of Francis Amasa Walker in the Boston Public Library (1899).
 * Statues for Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection (1903):
 * Charles Carroll
 * John Hanson
 * Statue of William Henry Seward, in Seattle (1909) for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910.
 * Statue of Robert Treat Paine (a Signer of the Declaration of Independence) in Taunton, Massachusetts (1904)
 * Statue of John H. McGraw, in Seattle (1913).

Honors

 * Elected to National Sculpture Society (1897).
 * Gold medal in sculpture at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition 1901.
 * Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.