Home | Sherman, William Tecumseh
- CountryUS
- Town:NY New York City
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Year of creation:1903
- Rider(s):Sherman, William Tecumseh
(1820–1891) received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. When Grant assumed the US presidency in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army. In this post, he was responsible for the US Army’s engagement in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years.
- Sculptor(s):Saint-Gaudens and Proctor
Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860 –1950) was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation’s foremost animaliers. He is perhaps known best for the horse underneath William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza.Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848 –1907) was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the “American Renaissance”.
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This impressive gilded bronze equestrian statue is located in the Grand Army Plaza. Alexander Phimister Proctor created the horse. Nike, the Goddess of Victory, leads Sherman into the battle and ultimately to peace; together they surge forward, cape, gown and horse’s tail billowing dramatically. A remarkable detail is the right rear hoof of the horse crushing a Georgia pine branch. With this work of art, St. Gaudens won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
