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Coppini, Pompeo,
Roman Bronze Works,
Portrait male -- Millard, George O'Brien
Occupation -- Education
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Beaumont
Sculpture
George O'Brien Millard, (sculpture).
Artist:
Coppini, Pompeo, 1870-1957, sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Title:
George O'Brien Millard, (sculpture).
Dates:
1912.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque on front of base:) GEORGE/O'B MILLARD
Description:
Full-length portrait of George O'Brien Millard dressed in a suit and a knee-length overcoat. His proper left hand is tucked into his pants pocket. The bronze sculpture stands on a stepped stone base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Millard, George O'Brien -- Full length
Occupation -- Education -- Administrator
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Beaumont
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Beaumont, Department of Planning, P. O. Box 3827, Beaumont, Texas 77704
Located Intersection of Pearl & Bowie Streets, Beaumont, Texas
Provenance:
Formerly located George O'Brien Millard School, Beaumont, Texas 1912.
Pipkin Park, Riverside Drive, near the MLK Expressway & the Liberty Laurel Corridor, Beaumont, Texas until 2010.
Remarks:
Millard was a member of the local school board and a benefactor of the public schools of Beaumont. Originally, the sculpture was installed in front of the George O'Brien Millard school with partial funding rovided by Beaumont school children and faculty. IAS files contain related excerpt from Pompeo Coppini's "From Dawn to Sunset," San Antonio: The Naylor Company, n.d., pg. 195.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
SOS Achievement Award, 2000.
Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), June 21, 2010.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS TX000811
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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