MacMonnies, Frederick William – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:45:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Horse tamers https://equestrianstatue.org/horse-tamers/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:23:34 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/horse-tamers/ 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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]]> Carson, Kit https://equestrianstatue.org/carson-kit-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1199 The statue of Kit Carson was proactively removed ahead of protests in june 2020. American Indian Movement leaders say Kit Carson “was as bad and as evil as any Confederate general” The pioneer monument — marking the conquest of white settlers in the West — was originally designed with a Native American man on top. … Continue reading "Carson, Kit"

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]]> Slocum, Henry Warner https://equestrianstatue.org/slocum-henry-warner/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1974 Controversy was aroused by his statue in Brooklyn, as men who had served under Slocum stated loud and clear that the statue showed no resemblance whatsoever to him.

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