Description

This iconic sculpture is cast in a medium size with marble base as shown.

James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)

The American sculptor James Earle Fraser was one of the most foremost portrait sculptors of his generation. Raised in South Dakota, he was the son of a railroad engineer and saw with his own eyes the pioneer and commercial expansion westwards, and the resulting subjugation of Native Americans. Strongly influenced by this frontier experience, he was also inspired by his early work on neoclassical architectural sculpture at the Chicago World Fair.

Fraser combined this classical realism with purely American subject matter to create a number of powerful images, notably: The End of the Trail (1915, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City) and the Indian Head coin. In addition, he sculpted a large number of famous monumental statues of US Presidents and other historical American figures. He remains one of the most popular American sculptors of his era.