On June 12, 2007 I posted photos of this statue. Because many of you may have not been posting at that time or may have missed it and because I have been blindsided with a Minnesota summer cold and unable to get out to take photos, I decided to repost it. Probably the biggest reason is that it is one of the two of my favorite statues in Saint Paul. I LOVE this statue and often stop in the small park where it is located just off Summit Avenue to admire him and his dog. Say "Hello!"
Artist: Paul Manship
Media: Bronze on metal base inside teal and blue tile circular pool Location: Cochran Park, Summit and Western Avenues
"This elegant Art Deco style statue was created by the Saint Paul native and internationally acclaimed artist, Paul Manship. The statue was commissioned by the family of Thomas Cochran and originally installed in Cochran Park in 1926. Because of vandalism, it was replicated and the original was removed to Como Park in 1967. In 1994, due to a neighborhood initiative by Alma Joseph and the Ramsey Hill Association, the sculpture was returned to its original location.
Paul Manship studied painting at what is now the Minnesota Museum of American Art. He also studied at the Arts Student League in New York City and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. It is here he worked as an apprentice with Isidore Konti. WIth Konti's support he received a three-year fellowship to the American Academy in Rome. In 1920 he moved his family to Paris and lived there until World War II forced him to move back to the United States. His finest work was done between the wars, culminating in his best known work, the Rockefeller Plaza Prometheus in New York City which looks over the Rockefeller Plaza ice rink." (Parks and Recreation)
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