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    		• O'Connor, Andrew, Jr.,
     
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    		• Alexis Rudier Fondeur,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Johnson, John Albert
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    John Albert Johnson Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    O'Connor, Andrew, Jr., 1874-1941, sculptor.
    Alexis Rudier Fondeur, founder.
    Title: 
    John Albert Johnson Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Governor John Albert Johnson, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1910-1912. Dedicated Oct. 19, 1912.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: bronze; Base: St. Cloud granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure of Johnson: approx. H. 9 ft.; Figure groups, each: approx. H. 90 in.; Base: approx. 122 5/8 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. x 204 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On figure of Johnson and on figure groups:) A. OCONNOR (On plinths of both figure groups:) ALEXIS. RUDIER./FONDEUR.PARIS (On upper front of base, incised:) JOHNSON (On bronze plaque on back of base, raised:) JOHN ALBERT JOHNSON/JULY 26, 1861 SEPT 21, 1909/THREE TIMES GOVERNOR OF/MINNESOTA/A POOR BOY A COUNTRY/EDITOR A NATURAL LEADER/CUT OFF IN HIS PRIME/THE NATION MOURNS HIS LOSS/"HIS LIFE WAS GENTLE AND/THE ELEMENTS SO MIXED IN/HIM, THAT NATURE MIGHT STAND/UP AND SAY TO ALL THE WORLD,/THIS WAS A MAN."/THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED TO/HIS MEMORY BY ONE HUNDRED/THOUSAND OF HIS FRIENDS. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Figure of John Albert Johnson leaning against a draped pedestal, with his proper right arm folded behind him. Figure of Johnson is mounted on top of upper central base. Below Johnson on his proper right is a grouping of two male figures, a miner and a manufacturer, standing on lower section of base. The miner faces the base and holds a pickax with both hands. The manufacturer faces outward, with his proper left hand resting on a sledgehammer and his proper right hand draped over his left wrist. Below Johnson on his proper left is a another grouping of two male figures, a lumberjack and a farmer, standing on lower section of base. The lumberjack wears a backpack and carries a hat in his proper right hand and an indistinguishable object in his proper left hand. The farmer's proper right hand is on his hip and a scythe is in his proper left hand. Both figures face outward.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Johnson, John Albert -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- Governor
    Occupation -- Writer -- Editor
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing
    Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber
    Occupation -- Farm
    Object -- Tool -- Axe
    Object -- Tool -- Hammer
    Object -- Tool -- Scythe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Minnesota, Minnesota
    Located Minnesota State Capitol, Capitol Mall, St. Paul, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    John Albert Johnson (1861-1909) served as governor of Minnesota from 1904 until his death. Earlier in his career he was editor of the St. Peter Herald (St. Peter, MN). The idea for a memorial to Governor Johnson came in a letter from C. D. O'Brien to the St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN). The St. Paul Pioneer Press took charge of a statewide fundraising effort, and C. D. O'Brien was appointed president of the Johnson memorial commission. Some 90,000 people, including school children, contributed no more than $1 each to raise approximately $24,000 for the monument. IAS files contain newspaper article from the St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN), Oct. 19, 1912, front page, discussing plans for the dedication. IAS files also contain related excerpts from book by Moira F. Harris, "Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture," [St. Paul:] Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 12-14.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Minnesota Historical Society, 1976.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MN0023, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1910, pg. 808 and Oct., 1913, pg. 721.
    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 76000157
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