PROCTOR, A. Phimster (1862-1950) sculptor.
Full name: Alexander Phimster Proctor.
Born Bozanquit, Ontario, Canada, 27 September 1862.
Died Palo Alto, California, 1950.
His son, Gifford MacGregor Proctor (q.v.) also a sculptor.
A museum in his honor was established in 1997 by his
grandson, Phimister Prorctor Church, near Seattle,.WA.
R E L I E F S
1909 Boone and Crockett Club Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Collection: Roosevelt Home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY
Collection: Boone & Crocket Club, Missoula, Montana
1914 Arrows Backward Indian Relief (cast by Gorham) . . .
1914 Weasel Head Indian Relief (cast by
Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorham QUE
1916 Hauley (William) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . . .
1917 Allen Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .Gorham QASE
1917 Proctor (Thomas R.) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
1919 Ainsworth ( ) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
B A D G E S
Full name: Alexander Phimster Proctor.
Born Bozanquit, Ontario, Canada, 27 September 1862.
Died Palo Alto, California, 1950.
His son, Gifford MacGregor Proctor (q.v.) also a sculptor.
A museum in his honor was established in 1997 by his
grandson, Phimister Prorctor Church, near Seattle,.WA.
R E L I E F S
1909 Boone and Crockett Club Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Collection: Roosevelt Home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY
Collection: Boone & Crocket Club, Missoula, Montana
1914 Arrows Backward Indian Relief (cast by Gorham) . . .
1914 Weasel Head Indian Relief (cast by
Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorham QUE
1916 Hauley (William) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . . .
1917 Allen Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .Gorham QASE
1917 Proctor (Thomas R.) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
1919 Ainsworth ( ) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
B A D G E S
1929 Boy Scouts of America Eagle Badge. . . . . . MAco 1929-053
M E D A L S
1925 Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Medal . . . . .
S C U L P T U R E
1914 Lioness Relief (cast by Gorham) . . . . . . Gorham QUC
1917 Two Children Relief (cast by Gorham) . .Gorham QAVC
1919 Wilcox (Theo B. Junior) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 0.9 linear ft.
GA Gorham Company Archives.
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
J76a {1920} Peixotto (Ernest Clifford) A Sculptor of the West. Scribner's Magazine 68: (September 1920) pp 266-267,
illus.
D6 {1926} Fielding, p 290, 506.
BA {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:341],
1941 [3ed:519], 1947 [4ed:372].
J76b {1971} Proctor (Alexander Phimister) Sculptor in Buckskin, An Autobiography. Norman: Univ of
Oklahoma (1971) 266 pp, illus.
A17 {1974} Broder
D21 {1976} Samuels, p 383-384.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 299-300.
A27 {1983} Evert, p 427-428.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 744-745.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:390-391, 3:378-379.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 426.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 3:2671.
J76c {2003} Hasssrick (Peter H.) Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor. Fort Worth,
TX: Amon Carter Museum (2003) 256 pages, illus.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 11:415.
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 198.
E6 {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore Roosevelt and
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 158.
M E D A L S
1925 Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Medal . . . . .
S C U L P T U R E
1914 Lioness Relief (cast by Gorham) . . . . . . Gorham QUC
1917 Two Children Relief (cast by Gorham) . .Gorham QAVC
1919 Wilcox (Theo B. Junior) Portrait Relief (cast by Gorham) . .
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 0.9 linear ft.
GA Gorham Company Archives.
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
J76a {1920} Peixotto (Ernest Clifford) A Sculptor of the West. Scribner's Magazine 68: (September 1920) pp 266-267,
illus.
D6 {1926} Fielding, p 290, 506.
BA {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:341],
1941 [3ed:519], 1947 [4ed:372].
J76b {1971} Proctor (Alexander Phimister) Sculptor in Buckskin, An Autobiography. Norman: Univ of
Oklahoma (1971) 266 pp, illus.
A17 {1974} Broder
D21 {1976} Samuels, p 383-384.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 299-300.
A27 {1983} Evert, p 427-428.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 744-745.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:390-391, 3:378-379.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 426.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 3:2671.
J76c {2003} Hasssrick (Peter H.) Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor. Fort Worth,
TX: Amon Carter Museum (2003) 256 pages, illus.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 11:415.
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 198.
E6 {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore Roosevelt and
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, p 158.