Charles Grafly was a notable American sculptor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania best known for the Pioneer Mother Monument in San Francisco and a Memorial to Major General George Gordon Meade in Washington, DC. Other commissions include From Generation to Generation, Fountain of Man, Symbol of Life and Vulture of War. - AsNotedIn
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| 1862/12/03 | Elizabeth Simmons Grafly, wife of Charles Grafly, gives birth to a son, Charles Grafly, in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charles is the youngest of the 8 children. | Born | |||||
| 1884/00/00 | Charles Grafly studys art under painters Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1884-1888. | Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1889/00/00 | Grafly begins studying at the Academie Julian under the sculptor Henri-Michel Chapu. Sculpture at the Academie is dominated by a Beaux-Arts style, characterized by its use of allegory, mythological themes, and aesthetics reminiscent of classical Greece. | Education | |||||
| 1892/00/00 | Charles Grafly returns to Philadelphia where he becomes an instructor of modeling at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. | Work | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1905/00/00 | Charles Grafly buys property in Lanesville, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and builds a house and studio that he will name "Fool's Paradise". | Home | Gloucester, MA | Massachusetts | |||
| 1913/00/00 | John E D Trask, director of the Fine Arts Department for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, commissions Grafly to create a sculpture. | Artist | Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) | ||||
| 1914/00/00 | Grafly creates a model of a woman dressed in fringed buckskin and moccasins with two naked children. Under pressure from the female donors, Grafly will agree to change her garments to a homespun gown and simple leather shoes. | Artist | Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) | ||||
| 1915/06/30 | Set on a 26-foot (7.9 m) stepped concrete base, Grafly's "Pioneer Mother Monument" is dedicated. Contribution include $651.59 by San Francisco school children and $591.94 from Los Angeles kids (a total of about $30,000 in 2015 dollars). | Artist | Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) | Palace of Fine Arts, SF | San Francisco | ||
| 1929/05/05 | Charles Grafly is struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Died |
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| Pioneer Mother Monument (sculpture) | Artist | Sculpture | 1914/00/00 |
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