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Creator:
Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998  Search this
Subject:
Beaux, Cecilia  Search this
Crouse, Timothy  Search this
Jennewein, Carl Paul  Search this
Kreis, Henry  Search this
Manship, Paul  Search this
Tarkington, Booth  Search this
Zorach, William  Search this
Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
21.1 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Summary:
Correspondence with artists including Cecilia Beaux, Timothy Crouse, Carl Paul Jennewein, Henry Kreis, Paul Manship, Booth Tarkington, William Zorach, and others; project and commission files including the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Georgia among others; committee files; personal business records; writings; sketches; photographs and negatives of Hancock, works of art, and political figures taken in preparation of portrait busts; printed material; and an interview transcript relating to Hancock's career as a sculptor.
Citation:
Walker Hancock papers, 1911-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3946, 1718-1726, 1818 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Walker Hancock (1901-1998) was a sculptor from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967. During his career, he produced hundreds of realistic works, ranging from a 39 foot bronze angel in the 30th St. Station in Philadelphia, to a bust of former President Geroge H.W. Bush in the Capitol, to a monumental statue of James Madison in the Library of Congress, to a Christ figure in the central altar in the National Cathedral in Washington. Hancock first visited Gloucester in 1921, built a studio there, and later moved there permanently. He died at home at age 97.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1974-1996 by Walker Hancock and in 2017 by Deane French Hancock, Hancock's daughter and executor.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7236
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209377
AAA_collcode_hancwalk
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209377