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Bartlett (PAUL WAYLAND an American)

PAUL WAYLAND, an American sculptor, born in New Haven, Conn., in 1865. He was educated in the public schools of New Haven and Boston and studied sculpture in Paris. At the age of 14 he exhibited a bust of his grandmother in the Paris salon. He made many notable pieces of sculpture, including the statue of General Joseph Warren in Boston, the statue of Lafayette in Paris, which was a gift to France from the school children of the United States, a statue of Columbus in the Congressional Library, six statues on the front of the New York Public Library, and a statue of Benjamin Franklin. His works are found in many of the leading art galleries in the United States and abroad. He was a member of several societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters.