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See also:ROGERS, See also:JOHN (1829-1904) , See also:American sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Salem, See also:Massachusetts, on the 3oth of See also:October 1829. In 1848 he became an apprentice in a See also:machine See also:shop at See also:Manchester, New See also:Hampshire, and remained there for about ten years. During the latter See also:part of this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he had done some modelling in See also:clay in his leisure See also:hours, and, having decided to become a sculptor, he spent eight months in See also:Rome and See also:Paris in 1858-59. Becoming discouraged, he returned to See also:America and obtained employment as a draughtsman in the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of the See also:city surveyor of See also:Chicago; but soon afterwards, owing to the favourable reception of his See also:group of small figures, " The Checker Players," he resumed sculptural See also:work, confining himself to these small figures, known as " Rogers See also:Groups," which had an enormous popular success and were extensively reproduced. The See also:Civil See also:War in America gave him patriotic themes that increased his See also:vogue and prosperity, and in 1863 he became a See also:National Academician. His subjects were See also:familiar scenes and incidents of See also:home See also:life known to the masses, and the reproductions of his groups were sold in the most remote districts as well as in the larger cities. He executed several life-sized statues, including " See also:General John F. See also:Reynolds " and a seated figure of See also:Lincoln, both in See also:Philadelphia; but it is by his statuettes that he is best remembered, and these were characterized by sentiment and human See also:interest rather than any genuine See also:artistic feeling. He died at New Haven, See also:Connecticut, on the 27th of See also:July 1904.
End of Article: ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
Additional information and Comments
The John Rogers home was in New Canaan, Connecticut. It was here that he died in 1904, not New Haven.
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