Sculptor, born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. In Paris (1874) he attended the École des Beaux-Arts (1879), worked with Emmanuel Fremiet, and made Paris his home. Specializing in the sculpting of animal figures, he is known for the patina on his bronze sculptures, as in The Bear Tamer (1887), and for the equestrian statue of Lafayette (18991908).
Paul Wayland Bartlett (January 24, 1865 - 1925), was an American sculptor. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Truman H Bartlett, an art critic and sculptor.
When fifteen he began to study at Paris under Emmanuel Frémiet, modelling from animals in the Jardin des Plantes.
Among his principal works are: "The Bear Tamer," in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the equestrian statue of Lafayette, in the Cours Albert 1er, Paris, presented to the French Republic by the school children of America;
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