Person    | Male  Born 7/6/1874  Died 9/6/1941

Andrew O'Connor

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Ireland, USA

Sculptor. Born USA, not to be confused with his father also a sculptor with the same name, of Irish descent. In London c.1894-8, met and worked with John Singer Sargent. Also worked in Paris c.1903-14. Back in America commissioned for the 1918 Lincoln statue at Springfield, Illinois. The Royal Exchange bust is surely a version of this.

Spent his last years in Europe: first Paris, then from c.1932 Ireland and London. Died Dublin.

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Andrew O'Connor

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President Lincoln bust

{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...

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