Fred Torrey

Fred Martin Torrey (January 29, 1884 – July 1967) American sculptor known for his monuments and architectural sculpture. His wife, Mabel Landrum Torrey (1886–1974) was also a recognized sculptor, who worked with her husband on some commissions.

Biography Fred Martin Torrey was born on January 29, 1884, in Fairmont, West Virginia. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied sculpture under Charles J. Mulligan. After college he apprenticed under sculptor Lorado Taft. Heald Square Monument, Chicago, Following sculptor Lorado Taft’s 1936 death, the sculpture that he had been commissioned to create was completed by his associates Leonard Crunelle, Nellie Walker, and Fred Torrey. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, at the West Virginia State Capitol Moses, the Giver of the Law (1930) and Socrates, the Interpreter of the Law (1930), Hinds County Courthouse, Jackson, Mississippi Bestor Plaza Fountain (1947), found in the Chautauqua Institution Historic District, Chautauqua, New York