Malcom Lesley Bush-Brown

BUSH-BROWN, HENRY KIRKE

Sculptor; b. Ogdensburg, N. Y., April 21, 1857; s. Robert W. and Caroline (Udall) Bush, ed. Newburgh, N.Y.; studied art with Henry K. Brown, and in Paris with Antoine. Mercie;

m. , April 7, 1886, Margaret W. Lesley, of Philadelphia; children:

Lydia, b. 1887;

Harold, b. 1888;

Malcolm, b. 1891;

James, b. 1892.

Among his more notable works are: Indian Buffalo Hunt, World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893; equestrian statues of Gen. G. G. Meade and Gen. John F. Reynolds, Gettysburg, Pa.; equestrian statue of Gen. Anthony Wayne, Valley. Forge, Pa.; Civil War Memorial, Union -League, Philadelphia; Justinian, Appellate Court, N. Y. City; Horace. Mann, La Purchase Exp'n, , 1904; Truth, Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; Soldiers' Monument, The Spirit of '61 (Philadelphia), 1911; Lincoln Memorial (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1911; Union Soldier, Mountaineer. Soldier (Charleston, W. Va.), 1912; Gen. John Sedgwick Equestrian Statue for State of Conn. (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1913. Traveled in England, France, Italy and Germany for professional study. Trustee of the Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc.; mem. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n. Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League of N. Y. City, Municipal Art Soc., Empire State Soc., S. A. R. Clubs: National Arts (N. Y.), Cosmos (Washington). Address: 1729 G St., Washington, D. C.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Who's who in New York City and State, Volume 6
• Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature
• Contributors Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John William Leonard, Frank R. Holmes
• Publisher L.R. Hamersly Company, 1914
• Original from the New York Public Library
• Digitized Apr 1, 2015
• Page 107
• https://books.google.com/books?id=5exHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&d...