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Carl Conrads
American sculptor

Carl Conrads

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American sculptor
A.K.A.
Carl H. Conrads Charles Conrads
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Bad Breisig, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Place of death
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Age
81 years
Notable Works
Alexander Hamilton
 
Thayer Monument
 
The American Volunteer
 
Carl Conrads
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The American Volunteer, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Installed at Antietam National Cemetery in 1880.

Carl H. Conrads(February 26, 1839 in Breisig, Germany – May 24, 1920 in Hartford, Connecticut) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Civil War monuments and his two works in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He was also known as Charles Conrads.

Biography

He was born in Sinzig-on-the-Rhine, the son of Heinrich Joseph Conrads and Johanna Maria Catherina Fleischer. His father was mayor of their town until removed from office by the Prussians in 1850. In 1853 his parents and brother Robert emigrated to Texas, where they became farmers and furnituremakers. Carl remained in Munich and received a diploma from the Koeniglich Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Kunste. He emigrated to New York in 1860, and served as an artilleryman in the 20th New York Volunteers during the American Civil War. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1866 to work for James G. Batterson at the New England Granite Works, where he worked until 1903.

A reference from 1879:

Another German artist, Carl Conrads, has been for twelve years connected with the Hartford Granite Company [sic]. He is perhaps over-modest regarding his work as a sculptor, which is surely very good of its kind. Among his best designs are the figures on the Antietam Monument. In 1871 he returned to Munich for a short visit, availing himself of the opportunity for still further study. As a designer of monuments, his work stands high.

Sculptor and sculpture historian Lorado Taft said of him: "a German of good training, has identified himself with sculpture in granite, and has done much creditable work well adapted to the requirements of that ungrateful material."

Noteworthy among his granite works are his colossal American Volunteer statue at Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Maryland; his seated figure of Morality on the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts – "said to be the largest solid granite monument in the world;" and his Alexander Hamilton statue in Central Park, New York City.

Conrads is buried in West Hartford, Connecticut; his grave is marked with a simple stone.

Selected works

  • Oswin Welles Memorial, bronze figure, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, 1873.
  • Bust of Laurent Clerc, American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1874. The pedestal features a frieze of Clerc's name spelled in sign language.
  • Moorhead Column, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1877.
  • Alexander Hamilton,Central Park, New York City, 1880. Conrads's plaster model for this is at the Museum of American Finance in New York City.
  • Joel Thayer Monument, granite, Lake View Cemetery, Skaneateles, New York, 1882–83, George Keller, architect.
  • Colonel Sylvanus Thayer Monument ("Father of the Military Academy"), U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1883.
  • Relief bust of Noah Webster, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut, 1885.
  • Relief bust of Reverend Horace Bushnell, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1885.
  • General Henry W. Halleck, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1886.
  • National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1889. With sculptors William Rimmer, John D. Perry (attributed), Alexander Doyle and James H. Mahoney; and architects Hammatt Billings and Joseph Edward Billings.
    • Morality (seated figure), granite.
    • Embarkation at Delft Haven (bas-relief plaque), marble.
  • General John Stark, bronze, New Hampshire Statehouse, Concord, New Hampshire, 1890, John A. Fox, architect.
  • John B. Ford, bronze, Third Street Park, Ford City, Pennsylvania, 1891.
  • John Stark from New Hampshire, marble, National Statuary Hall Collection, United States Capitol, Washington D.C., 1894. Currently residing in the United States Capitol crypt.
  • Daniel Webster from New Hampshire (after Thomas Ball), marble, National Statuary Hall Collection, United States Capitol, Washington D.C., 1894.
  • Samuel J. Tilden Monument, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, New York,1895, Ernest Flagg, architect.
  • The Archangel Gabriel, marble, George H. Thacher Monument, St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York, 1896.
  • Minute Man, granite, Union Square, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1905.
  • Relief bust of Henry Keney, Keney Park Entrance Gates, Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1905.

Civil War monuments

TitleImageYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsNotes
Soldiers' Monument
1868Granby Green,
3 East Granby Road,
Granby, Connecticut
BrownstoneStatue:

Monument:
approx. 21 ft (6.4 m)
George Keller, architect
Part of Granby Center Historic District.
Forlorn Soldier Statue1866-1869Connecticut State Capitol,
Hartford
Brownstone from quarry in Portland, CTStatue:

Monument:
Contractor: Batterson's Monumental Works
Sculptor: Charles Conrads
Knight Hospital Monument1870Evergreen Cemetery,
92 Winthrop Avenue,
New Haven, Connecticut
GraniteStatue:

Monument:
approx. 26 ft (7.92 m)
Dedicated to the 204 Union soldiers who died while in the hospital's care.
Soldiers' Monument1872Main & Bartlett Streets,
Portland, Connecticut
BrownstoneStatue:

Monument:
33 ft (10.06 m)
Soldiers' Monument
1873Meriden City Hall,
East Main & Catlin Streets,
Meriden, Connecticut
GraniteStatue:
7 ft (2.13 m)
Monument:
approx. 45 ft (13.72 m)
The Soldiers' Monument1875Chelsea Parade Green,
Washington & Williams Streets,
Norwich, Connecticut
GraniteStatue:
12 ft (3.66 m)
Monument:
27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Octagonal pedestal.
The American Volunteer (statue),
U.S. Soldier Monument
1876
Dedicated 1880
Antietam National Cemetery,
Sharpsburg, Maryland
GraniteStatue:
21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Monument:
44 ft 7 in (13.59 m)
Conrads, sculptor; James W. Pollette, carver; George Keller, architect.
The American Volunteer was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
Soldiers Monument1876Courthouse Park,
Cortland County Courthouse,
Cortland, New York
Bronze statue
Granite pedestal
"Centennial Offering of Cortland County in Memory of Those Who Fought
in Defence of the Union 1861. 1865. - A. D. 1876."
Signed: C. Conrads.
Soldiers' Monument1876
Dedicated 1877
Center Park,
Main & Center Streets,
Manchester, Connecticut
Bronze statue
Granite pedestal
Statue:

Monument:
approx. 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Signed C. Conrads 1876
Geo.Fischer & Bro. Bronze Foundry. N.Y.
At base of granite monument: "In memory of the soldiers of Manchester who died in the War of the Rebellion 1861 - 1865"
Wolcottville Soldier's Monument1879Coe Memorial Park,
South Main & Litchfield Streets,
Torrington, Connecticut
Tan graniteStatue:

Monument:
16 ft (4.88 m)
The statue is one-third-size copy of The American Volunteer.
Cylindrical pedestal (unusual). : Made by the New England Granite Works
Soldiers' Monument
1880Town Green,
Main & Academy Streets,
Southington, Connecticut
"White" granite
Blue granite columns
Statue:

Monument:
20 ft (6.1 m)
Soldiers' Monument
1883East Main Street & Broadway Avenue
Mystic in Stonington, Connecticut
Tan graniteStatue:

Monument:
approx. 19 ft (5.8 m)
Part of Mystic Bridge Historic District.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument1883Geneva & Haverling Streets,
Bath, New York
Bronze statueOriginally a fountain statue at
New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Bath.

"Manchester" model.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument1902Taunton Green,
Taunton, Massachusetts
GraniteStatue:
8 ft (2.44 m)
Monument:
22 ft (6.71 m)
Soldiers' Monument (attributed work)191293 Grove Street,
Putnam, Connecticut
Bronze statue
Granite pedestal
Statue:

Monument:
approx. 19 ft (5.79 m)
Civil War Monument(attributed work)1915-16Monument & Smith Streets
opposite Fort Griswold State Park,
Groton, Connecticut
GraniteStatue:

Monument:
approx. 22 ft (6.71 m)
Donated by Robert A. Gray.
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