Richard E. Brooks
Richard Edwin Brooks was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, studied in Paris under the sculptor Jean-Paul Aubé. His early work Chant de la Vague was idealistic; later works were more conventional statues.
Notable works
- Statue of Thomas Cass, in Boston.
- Bust of Francis Amasa Walker in the Boston Central Library.
- Statues for Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection :
- *Charles Carroll
- *John Hanson
- Statue of William Henry Seward, in Seattle for the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910.
- Statue of Robert Treat Paine in Taunton, Massachusetts
- Statue of John H. McGraw, in Seattle.
Honors
- Elected to National Sculpture Society.
- Gold medal in sculpture at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition 1901.
- Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1908.