BARTLETT, Paul Wayland (1865-1925) sculptor.
Born New Haven, Connecticut, 24 January 1865.
His Lafayette statue (donated by U.S. to France, now
in the Louvre) appears on the reverse of Lafayette
Dollar. Funds to defray part of expense to cast and
erect statue at Paris 1900 Exposition was raised from
American school children donating coins; noted by
reverse coin legend.
Bartlett executed seated Benjamin Franklin statue in
Waterbury, Connecticut where he resided for a time,
for which he was named to Watebury Hall of Fame.
Two statues, Michelangelo and Columbus in Library
of Congress.
Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
Died Paris, France, 20 September 1925.
C O I N S
1900 Lafayette Commemorative Silver Dollar (engraved by
Charles E. Barber, statue on rev by
Bartlett). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuld LA.1900-1, Breen 7423
R E L I E F S
1885 Elizabeth Portrait Medallion Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arftts. . . . IAS 76004978
1886 Whitman (Walt) Medallion [also cast in1920s] . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Christies 5/31/90 lot 265]
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture [>1]
Collection: Corcoran Gallery of Art. . . . . IAS 75002536
Collection: High Museum of Art, Atlanta.IAS 75003771
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art . . . . . . 58-50-1
Collection: Washington Co Art Museum IAS 19660042
Collection: Westmoreland Mseum of Art . . . . . . . 58.21
1891 Skinner (Reverent Thomas H.) Medallion Relief. . . .
Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1891) no. . 205
1908 Historical Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: NSS Exhibition AE8 {1908} Catalog, no . .23
1908ca Lafayette Medallion Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Washington Co Art Museum. .IAS 19660058
1908 Warren (Joseph) Death Memorial Bas-Relief. . . . . .
Exhibited: NSS Exhibition AE8 {1908} Catalog, no . .27
1916ca Connecticut State Seal Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Connecticut State Capitol . . .IAS 75001668
1923 Corneau (Georges) Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Scultpture. . . . IAS 08580092
Collection: Smithsonian Art Museum. . . . . . . 1958.11.26
1925 Primavera Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Scultpture. . . . IAS 08580075
Collection: Evansville Museum of Arts. . . IAS 75004553
Collection: Smithsonian Art Museum. . . . . . . 1958.11.27
n.d. Relief Face (unknown portrait) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art . .. . . .IAS 750017905
M E D A L S
1925 Miss Liberty Medal (struck by Paris Mint for
presentation to Margaret Behan for fundraising for Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation) . . . . . . . . . Eidlitz 602c
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
Born New Haven, Connecticut, 24 January 1865.
His Lafayette statue (donated by U.S. to France, now
in the Louvre) appears on the reverse of Lafayette
Dollar. Funds to defray part of expense to cast and
erect statue at Paris 1900 Exposition was raised from
American school children donating coins; noted by
reverse coin legend.
Bartlett executed seated Benjamin Franklin statue in
Waterbury, Connecticut where he resided for a time,
for which he was named to Watebury Hall of Fame.
Two statues, Michelangelo and Columbus in Library
of Congress.
Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
Died Paris, France, 20 September 1925.
C O I N S
1900 Lafayette Commemorative Silver Dollar (engraved by
Charles E. Barber, statue on rev by
Bartlett). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuld LA.1900-1, Breen 7423
R E L I E F S
1885 Elizabeth Portrait Medallion Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arftts. . . . IAS 76004978
1886 Whitman (Walt) Medallion [also cast in1920s] . . . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Christies 5/31/90 lot 265]
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture [>1]
Collection: Corcoran Gallery of Art. . . . . IAS 75002536
Collection: High Museum of Art, Atlanta.IAS 75003771
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art . . . . . . 58-50-1
Collection: Washington Co Art Museum IAS 19660042
Collection: Westmoreland Mseum of Art . . . . . . . 58.21
1891 Skinner (Reverent Thomas H.) Medallion Relief. . . .
Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1891) no. . 205
1908 Historical Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exhibited: NSS Exhibition AE8 {1908} Catalog, no . .23
1908ca Lafayette Medallion Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Washington Co Art Museum. .IAS 19660058
1908 Warren (Joseph) Death Memorial Bas-Relief. . . . . .
Exhibited: NSS Exhibition AE8 {1908} Catalog, no . .27
1916ca Connecticut State Seal Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Connecticut State Capitol . . .IAS 75001668
1923 Corneau (Georges) Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Scultpture. . . . IAS 08580092
Collection: Smithsonian Art Museum. . . . . . . 1958.11.26
1925 Primavera Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Scultpture. . . . IAS 08580075
Collection: Evansville Museum of Arts. . . IAS 75004553
Collection: Smithsonian Art Museum. . . . . . . 1958.11.27
n.d. Relief Face (unknown portrait) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art . .. . . .IAS 750017905
M E D A L S
1925 Miss Liberty Medal (struck by Paris Mint for
presentation to Margaret Behan for fundraising for Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation) . . . . . . . . . Eidlitz 602c
R E P L I C A S & R E I S S U E S
1920 Lafayette Statue at Metz Medal (obv equistrian statue
of Lafayette by Paul Wayland Bartlett, rev statue of
Columbus; modeled by Flanagan; issued by Knights of
Columbus for presentation of statue to Metz, France)
[medal struck by both Medallic Art Co, and Whitehead
& Hoag] This is Medallic Art variety.. . . . MAco 1920-013,
Rulau B81, Fuld LA.1920.1
Illustrated: New York Times (17 June 1920) pictorial sec
Illustrated: The Numismatist 33:8 (August 1920) p. . 356
1920 Lafayette Statue at Metz Medal [variety by Whitehead &
Hoag]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rulau B81, Fuld LA.1920.1
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 32:1588; J&J 23:423
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery[W&H] 147
1974 Waterbury Connecticut 300th Anniversary Medal
(Benjamin Freanklin statue by native son Bartlett
shown on obv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heath CT151-4
S C U L P T U R E
1908 Lafayette (Marquis de) Equestrian Statue . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Musee du Louvre, Paaris. .. .IAS 75001655
1910ca Ogilvie (Clinton) Portrait Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Musee du Louvre, Paaris. .. .IAS 76004969
Portrait of Bartlett by John Flanagan:
1917 Bartlett (Paul Wayland) Galvano . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 8:477
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 5 linear ft., 4 microfilm reels:
4899-4902.
IAS Inventory of American Sculpture (online).
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
E4 {1903} Caffin, American Masters of Sculpture.
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 97.
Px {1909} Flagg (Charles Noël) The Evolution of An Equestrian Statue. Scribner's
Magazine 45:3 (March 1909) pp 309-[316], illus.
D3 {1911} Benezit (1999 14ed), 1:805-806.
D5 {1915} Earle.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 20, 440.
A2 {1927} Fairman, p 485-486, portrait 481.
BA {1937} Who's Who in American Art, 1937 [1ed:32].
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 64.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dict, p 110.
BDAB{1946} Dictionay of American Biography, 1:2, p 11, by [A.A-s] Adeline Adams.
C8 {1965} Gardner, p 90-91.
A17 {1974} Broder
A18 {1974} Goode, p 52, 221.
D29 {1976} Samuels, p 24.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 259.
S38 {1977} Heath CT151-4.
A29 {1982} Baigell, p 27.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 37.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 50.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 91.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 66.
F14 {1991} Adil (Carol P.) Paul Wayland Bartlett and the Art of Patination.
Wethersfield, CT: Paul Wayland Bartlett Society. 80 pp, illus.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
D38 {1995} McMann.
A44 {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 20.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 2:281-282, by Thomas P. Somma.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:224.
PA1 {1999} Schmidt, p 2:811.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:1235.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 18.
M12 {1927} Eidlitz 202c, plate 66 (Miss Liberty Medal).
E6 {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 14.
A12 {1968} Craven, p 430-432, 457, (biblio) 732.
A13 {1968} Proske, p 30-33, (biblio) 520.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 100-101, 158-159.
O12 {1988} Breen 7423, p 583. S52 {1989} Rulau X
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 693-694 (bio).
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore Roosevelt and
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 148.
of Lafayette by Paul Wayland Bartlett, rev statue of
Columbus; modeled by Flanagan; issued by Knights of
Columbus for presentation of statue to Metz, France)
[medal struck by both Medallic Art Co, and Whitehead
& Hoag] This is Medallic Art variety.. . . . MAco 1920-013,
Rulau B81, Fuld LA.1920.1
Illustrated: New York Times (17 June 1920) pictorial sec
Illustrated: The Numismatist 33:8 (August 1920) p. . 356
1920 Lafayette Statue at Metz Medal [variety by Whitehead &
Hoag]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rulau B81, Fuld LA.1920.1
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 32:1588; J&J 23:423
Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Gallery[W&H] 147
1974 Waterbury Connecticut 300th Anniversary Medal
(Benjamin Freanklin statue by native son Bartlett
shown on obv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heath CT151-4
S C U L P T U R E
1908 Lafayette (Marquis de) Equestrian Statue . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Musee du Louvre, Paaris. .. .IAS 75001655
1910ca Ogilvie (Clinton) Portrait Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of American Sculpture
Collection: Musee du Louvre, Paaris. .. .IAS 76004969
Portrait of Bartlett by John Flanagan:
1917 Bartlett (Paul Wayland) Galvano . . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 8:477
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 5 linear ft., 4 microfilm reels:
4899-4902.
IAS Inventory of American Sculpture (online).
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
E4 {1903} Caffin, American Masters of Sculpture.
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 97.
Px {1909} Flagg (Charles Noël) The Evolution of An Equestrian Statue. Scribner's
Magazine 45:3 (March 1909) pp 309-[316], illus.
D3 {1911} Benezit (1999 14ed), 1:805-806.
D5 {1915} Earle.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 20, 440.
A2 {1927} Fairman, p 485-486, portrait 481.
BA {1937} Who's Who in American Art, 1937 [1ed:32].
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 64.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dict, p 110.
BDAB{1946} Dictionay of American Biography, 1:2, p 11, by [A.A-s] Adeline Adams.
C8 {1965} Gardner, p 90-91.
A17 {1974} Broder
A18 {1974} Goode, p 52, 221.
D29 {1976} Samuels, p 24.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 259.
S38 {1977} Heath CT151-4.
A29 {1982} Baigell, p 27.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 37.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 50.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 91.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 66.
F14 {1991} Adil (Carol P.) Paul Wayland Bartlett and the Art of Patination.
Wethersfield, CT: Paul Wayland Bartlett Society. 80 pp, illus.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
D38 {1995} McMann.
A44 {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 20.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 2:281-282, by Thomas P. Somma.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:224.
PA1 {1999} Schmidt, p 2:811.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:1235.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 18.
M12 {1927} Eidlitz 202c, plate 66 (Miss Liberty Medal).
E6 {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 14.
A12 {1968} Craven, p 430-432, 457, (biblio) 732.
A13 {1968} Proske, p 30-33, (biblio) 520.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 100-101, 158-159.
O12 {1988} Breen 7423, p 583. S52 {1989} Rulau X
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 693-694 (bio).
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore Roosevelt and
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 148.