J. Massey Rhind

John Massey Rhind (9 July 1860 – 22 October 1936 ) was a Scottish-American sculptor. Among Rhind's better known works is the Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial and the marble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, located in the National Statuary Hall Collection, in Washington D.C..

Early years Born in Edinburgh, Rhind began his art studies under the tutorage of his father John Rhind, a respected and successful sculptor in the royal burgh. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy, and continued his education with Jules Dalou, who was at that time living and teaching in Lambeth, England. He then moved to Paris to continue his education for two more years. Upon completing his training he considered moving to the United States but was cautioned by his father not to do so because, "There is no sculptural art in America... You'll starve."

In 1885 he established a studio with his elder brother William Birnie Rhind, at 217 West George Street, Glasgow, but his brother moved back to Edinburgh 2 years later. At age 29, J. Massey Rhind finally emigrated to the United States in 1889 and settled in New York City. In 1899, Rhind set up a studio and sculpture yard and began residing in Closter, New Jersey. In 1917 Rhind was elected to the Salmagundi Club New York as an Artist member, remaining so until his death.

Career In February 1890 John Jacob Astor III died and shortly thereafter a competition to create three sets of bronze doors dedicated to him for Trinity Church, New York was announced. Rhind entered the competition, and, along with Charles Niehaus and Karl Bitter, was awarded one of the sets of doors. After this success he never lacked for work and was to generate a large number of public monuments and architectural projects. Nevertheless, Rhind still found time for smaller, private pieces such as a bust of Theodore Roosevelt.

Gettysburg Battlefield Alexander S. Webb, 1915 Abner Doubleday, 1917 John Cleveland Robinson, 1917 Francis C. Barlow, 1922

Public monuments

Washington, D.C.

Nova Scotia

New York and New Jersey

Other

Stephen Girard statue at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John Wanamaker statue at the City Hall (east plaza) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Teedyuscung statue, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1902 Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John C. Calhoun Monument, Charleston, South Carolina, 1896 George Clinton Monument, Kingston, New York, 1898 (originally in New York City ) Henry Hudson Monument, Kingston, New York, 1898 (originally in New York City Robert Burns Monument, Barre, Vermont, 1899, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1914 Syracuse, New York, 1914 Newark, New Jersey, 1914 William T. Sherman Monument, Muskegon, Michigan, 1900 Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Muskegon, Michigan, 1900 Soldiers' Monument (Port Chester, New York), 1900 Statues of Samuel Colt, Colt Park, Hartford, Connecticut, 1902–06 Alexander Skene, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 1905 Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1909 George Washington, Newark, New Jersey, 1914 Bartolomeo Colleoni, reproduction of Andrea del Verrocchio's equestrian sculpture, Newark, New Jersey, 1914 National McKinley Birthplace Memorial, Niles, Ohio, 1917 Nova Scotia Highland soldier, Cenotaph, Chester, Nova Scotia, 1922 Philip Schuyler, Albany, New York, 1925 Britannia, Cenotaph, Grand Parade, Nova Scotia, 1929 Nova Scotia Highland soldier, Cenotaph, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, 1929 Edward Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, 1931

Fountains

"Rufus H. King Memorial Fountain", Washington Park, Albany, New York, 1893: the theme, specified by King's son, J. Howard King: Moses strikes the rock at Horeb Corning Fountain, Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut, 1899 bronze and granite, the fountain is 30 feet tall, with a statue of a deer in the middle surrounded by figures of Saukiog Indians, Hartford's first inhabitants. "Fountain of Apollo", Lakewood, New Jersey, 1902 Erskine Memorial Fountain, Atlanta, Georgia, 1896

Architectural sculpture

New Haven County Court House New Haven County Court House, New Haven, Connecticut, 1914 (Architects: William Allen and Richard Williams), facing the New Haven Green.

Shelby County Court House Shelby County Court House, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906–1909 (architects, James Gamble Rogers and H. D. Hale)

Detroit

Other

Alexander Memorial Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1892 The Cable Building, 611 Broadway at Houston Street, New York City, 1894 American Surety Building (now Bank of Tokyo), 100 Broadway, figures at 3rd floor level, New York, 1895 (Architect: Bruce Price) Astor Memorial Doors, Trinity Church, New York, 1896 East Pyne, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1896 "Victory" and "Peace", Grant's Tomb, New York City, 1897 Macy's Caryatids, Macy's Herald Square, New York City, 1901 "Victory" and "Progress", quadrigas (but with three horses instead of four), Wayne County Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1904 United States Courthouse and Post Office, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1904 Shelby County Court House, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906–1909 Federal Building, Providence, Rhode Island, 1908 "Apollo" and "Minerva" Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio