Adolph Robert Kraus (August 5, 1850 - November 6, 1901), known professionally as Robert Kraus, was an American sculptor, born in Zeulenroda, Germany, and active in Boston.
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| Born | August 5, 1850 Zeulenroda, Germany |
| Died | November 6, 1901 (aged 51) Danvers, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Biography
editAdolph Robert Kraus was born in Zeulenroda on August 5, 1850.[1] He immigrated to the United States in 1881, and is best known for his sculpture of the Boston Massacre Monument in Boston Common, the winged Victory figures that crowned the towers of Machinery Hall in the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the Randidge monument in Forest Hills Cemetery. He won the Grand Prize of Rome and was a pensioner of the Prussian government before moving to the United States.
He was hospitalized in Danvers, Massachusetts, after showing signs of mental illness while attempting to create a sculpture of Belshazzar at the moment of seeing the handwriting on the wall. He died there on November 6, 1901.[2]
Gallery
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Massacre memorial on the Boston Common
References
edit- ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 580–581. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Sculptor Kraus Dead". The Boston Globe. Hyde Park. November 8, 1901. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events, D. Appleton and company, 1902, page 441.
- American architect and architecture, The American Architect, volumes 71–74, 1901, page 50.
- Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Forest Hills Cemetery, Arcadia Publishing, 2009, page 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-5788-5.