IL Chicago – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:38:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Fountain of Time https://equestrianstatue.org/fountain-of-time/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:16:09 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=17374 Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, Inspired by Henry Austin Dobson’s poem “Paradox of Time”, and with its 100 figures passing before Father Time, the work was created as a monument to the first 100 years of peace between the United States and the United Kingdom, resulting from the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. Although the fountain’s water … Continue reading "Fountain of Time"

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]]> Grant, Ulysses S. https://equestrianstatue.org/grant-ulysses-s-2/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:58:08 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=17311 The oldest Grant equestrian statue, in Chicago, Illinois, was the result of a spontaneous reaction by the population. Within days of Grant’s death in 1885, tens of thousands of people began donating dimes, quarters and dollars to commission a monument in his honour. When the statue was dedicated in 1891, more than 200,000 people attended the Lincoln Park … Continue reading "Grant, Ulysses S."

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]]> Signal of peace https://equestrianstatue.org/signal-of-peace/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:03 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/signal-of-peace/ This statue was exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.

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]]> Bowman https://equestrianstatue.org/bowman/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:02 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/bowman/ The Spearman and The Bowman are two powerful equestrian sculptures by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović , standing as gatekeepers in Grant Park, Chicago Illinois. An unusual aspect is that the figures in both sculptures are missing their weapons: the spear, and the bow and arrow.

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]]> Spearman https://equestrianstatue.org/spearman/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:24:02 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/spearman/ The Spearman and The Bowman by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović are two powerful bronze equestrian sculptures, standing as gatekeepers in Grant Park, Chicago Illinois. An unusual aspect the sculptures is that the figures are missing their weapons: the spear, and the bow and arrow.

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]]> Kosciuszko, Thaddeus https://equestrianstatue.org/kosciuszko-thaddeus-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1576 The post Kosciuszko, Thaddeus appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Logan, John https://equestrianstatue.org/logan-john/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1630 The Tribune described the work (in progress) as “beyond all question the most thrilling, heroically dramatic episode in Gen. Logan’s dashing career as a soldier and a leader of men. It is just at the moment of Gen. McPherson’s death, when the disheartened, defeated troops turned in retreat before the Siege of Atlanta.  Inflamed with … Continue reading "Logan, John"

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]]> Masaryk memorial https://equestrianstatue.org/masaryk-thomas-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1683 The Thomas Masaryk Memorial commemorates Czechoslovakia’s first president and former University of Chicago professor Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The work personifies one of the legends of the Czech people. In the centre of the province of Bohemia is the Blanik Mountain, under which sleeps a heroic company of medieval knights. It is said that when their countrymen on earth are oppressed, the … Continue reading "Masaryk memorial"

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]]> Sheridan, Philip H. https://equestrianstatue.org/sheridan-philip-h-5/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1928 Standing at the beginning of Chicago’s Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park, this statue looks more like a rodeo cowboy on a horse than a Civil War general. When you look at the monument, do you think that the horse played an important role in Sheridan’s life and in the Civil War? The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, … Continue reading "Sheridan, Philip H."

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]]> Washington, George https://equestrianstatue.org/washington-george-11/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2363 See original. Photographer unknown

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