Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Hermon Atkins MacNeil ( born February 27, 1866 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, † October 1947 ) was an American sculptor of the 20th century. MacNeil marked his work with the initial M.
Life
MacNeil was 1886-1889 teacher of Industrial Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and later studied under the famous French sculptor Henri Michel Chapu and Alexandre Falguière in Paris. After returning to the United States, he worked as an assistant under Philip Martiny, where he made models for the World Columbian Exposition in 1893. Three years later, MacNeil got the Rinehart fellowship to study it for four years in Rome. One of his most important works was the sculpture in Columbus, Ohio, in honor of President William McKinley. One of his last works was a statue, dedicated to the Pony Express, in 1940 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Hermon Atkins MacNeil was with the sculptor Carol Brooks (1871-1944) married and belonged to the White Rabbits to who studied under Lorado Taft.