Doughboy, 1919
Bronze
27 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 7 1/8 in
Biography
American Sculptor Allen George Newman was born in New York City in 1875, where he studied at the National Academy of Design and worked in J. Q. A. Ward’s studio from 1897 to 1901. He is best known for his expressive bronze model of a soldier entitled The Hiker, which is installed on Staten Island in New York and depicts a U.S. Cavalry soldier from the Spanish American War. According to Lorado Taft in The History of American Sculpture this piece, “…has been pronounced by more than one critic [to be] ‘the best bronze soldier in America.’” The work listed above is a smaller casting of this wonderful original. Another larger casting of this piece can also be found in Buffalo, New York and Providence, Rhode Island.
Newman’s work can be found throughout the country as well as the world. His renown monuments consist of the following: Triumph of Peace in Piedmont park, Atlanta, Georgia; Women of The South in Jacksonville, Florida; Doughboy and Allegory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Henry Hudson monument in Spuyten Duyvil, New York; Grier Monument in Lead, South Dakota; and, General Philip Sheridan in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Newman’s oeuvre additionally consists of notable statues. These statues are as follows: Day and Night for the Harriman Bank in New York; Immaculate Conception in New York; Pioneer in Salem, Oregon; Governor Oates in Montgomery, Alabama; I. Marks in Meridian, Mississippi; Lord Harris in Caracas, Venezuela; a bust of Cardinal O’Connell in Lowell, Massachusetts; Daniel F. Dickenson at the City Hall in Binghamton, New York; and, General Sterling Price in Keytesville, Missouri. Newman’s famous figures can be found at the entrance to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida; and on the Joel Harris monument in Atlanta, Georgia, a portrait. Finally, Newman is also known for the medals he created throughout his career. His most notable medals are Joan of Arc and Independence Day for the American Numismatic Society; for the United Spanish War veterans; Valor for the National Arts Club; and, Joseph F. Johnson for New York University.
Throughout his career Newman was an active member of the art Community. He was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the American Federation of Arts, the American Numismatic Society, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, the National Arts Club and was an associate at the National Academy of Design. Newman was awarded one honor during his career; the National Arts Club prize for design for his piece entitled Valor Medal.
Allen George Newman died in New York in 1940.
