Thomas Ball (artist)

Thomas Ball ( born June 3, 1819 in Charleston, Massachusetts, † December 11, 1911 ) was an American sculptor.

He devoted himself to the beginning of the painting and in particular the portrait, then the sculpture. For this purpose he went to Italy, where he trained as a student of his compatriot Hiram Powers from 1854 to 1856 in this art.

After returning to America, he created the bronze equestrian statue of Washington for Boston.

In 1865 he settled in Florence and began a varied work in monumental portrait statues, allegorical and genre works and busts that are lively, often graceful conception and thorough education. His main works are the colossal marble statue of actor Forrest as Coriolanus, the Liberation Monument of blacks for Washington DC (Abraham Lincoln, a slave the shackles decreasing ), a grave monument for Boston and the ideal statue of Eve.