Horse tamers

  • CountryUS
  • Town:NY New York City

  • Year of creation:1899

  • Rider(s):Horse tamers
  • Sculptor(s):MacMonnies, Frederick William

    (1863 – 1937) was the best-known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist. In 1880 young MacMonnies was taken on by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and soon promoted to studio assistant. This began a lifelong friendship with the acclaimed sculptor.
Description:

Frederick MacMonnies created these two impressive allegorical works, Horse Tamers for Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. These very lively sculptures represent the triumph of mind over brute strength. Cast in France, one of the statues was damaged in shipping, and then lost in a shipwreck off Newfoundland. It was later recovered and repaired. 

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