Herbert Haseltine
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Born | 1877 equestrian sculptor |
Herbert Chevalier Haseltine (1877–1962) was an
Early life and education
Hesltine was born in
Career
After his first piece of sculpture met with success, he pursued that artistic avenue. Inspired by the gathering of artists from around the world to the
In 1940 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1946.
Haseltine sculpted a variety of animals but is best known for his equestrian sculptures, most notably the 1934 life-size statue of the
Personal life
During the time he lived in Paris at the Impasse Raffet (XVIeme Quartier) near the Rue Jasmin, he led a very colourful life.[citation needed] Attached to American Embassy, Paris, 1914–1915, Decorated Chevalier Legion of Honor in 1922, he entertained a lot of guests in his beautiful house, which was once depicted in the French Magazine "Maison & Jardin".[citation needed] Amongst his guests were Arthur Rubinstein, Cary Grant, Teddy Roosevelt Jr and Charles Lindbergh. He also had a lot of contacts to highest Russian Royalty. His wife, the former Madeleine Keith, was born in England and died in 1979 in Paris.[citation needed] The house was subsequently sold to the owner of Paris Match.[citation needed] His daughter Helen Heather Haseltine married an Austrian Count by the name of Paul Maria Prosper Toggenburg (b. 09-04-1904 in Trento, d.02-07-1964 in Ritten, Trentino-Südtirol, Italy) so becoming Gräfin Toggenburg, her descendants live in Italy and Austria now.[citation needed] By his son, William Marshall, he has two grandchildren, of which one, Carla, is a well-respected sculptor in her own right.[citation needed]
Herbert Haseltine died in Paris, in 1962. He was buried at the Protestant Cemetery Caius Cestius in Rome, where are also the graves of his parents, of his brothers Stanley Lane, Charles Marshall and his sister Mildred princess Rospigliosi.
Further reading
- Champion animals: sculptures by Herbert Haseltine. Malcolm Cormack, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1996. ISBN 0-917046-43-9.
- Man O'War and me: the memoirs of Herbert Haseltine, by Herbert Haseltine, Will Harbut. Ed. Rachel V. Berry. Kentucky Horse Park, 1981.
References
- ^ "Herbert Haseltine". Christie's.
- ISBN 0-486-28659-2.
- ^ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "George Washington on Horseback(sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian.
- ^ "A model of the monument to Jam Shri Rawalji: plaster with gilding and polychrome". Sotheby's, New York.[permanent dead link]
- Field Museum of Natural History (1934). Sculptures by Herbert Haseltine of Champion Domestic Animals of Great Britain. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History.
- Catalogue of works by Haseltine at Smithsonian American Art Museum
External links
- Herbert Haseltine exhibition catalogs
- Works of Herbert Haseltine atArtnet
- Original plaster by Herbert Haseltine
- Herbert Haseltine in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website