John Paulding (April 5, 1883 – April 15, 1935) was an American sculptor best remembered for his World War I memorials. Paulding was born in Darke County, Ohio. He studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and remained in Chicago until his death in 1935 at age 52.Opitz, Glenn B, editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986 p 703
At least two of his World War I memorials became very popular and casts of them can be found in many places throughout the United States.
Controversy with E. M. Viquesney Paulding and sculptor E. M. Viquesney both produced very similar World War I monuments within a few months of each other, resulting in various copyright violation lawsuits.
Works American Doughboy, 1920.
Ardmore, Oklahoma, at Walter W. Drew's gravesite in Rosehill Cemetery. Bay City, Michigan Northampton, Pennsylvania Olathe, Kansas Paducah, Kentucky Pueblo, Colorado Racine, Wisconsin Saline, Michigan Van Buren, Missouri
Second-Lieutenant Francis Lowry Memorial, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, 1921. The fallen aviator after whom Lowry Air Force Base was named. Major-General James B. McPherson (The Reconnoissance), Memorial Park, McPherson County Courthouse, McPherson, Kansas, 1917. Over the Top, 1921.
Albany, Missouri Amarillo, Texas Astoria, Oregon Bolton Landing, New York Buffalo, New York Catskill, New York Chicago, Illinois Chillicothe, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Elgin, Illinois Evanston, Wyoming Freeburg, Illinois Jonesboro, Arkansas Knoxville, Tennessee Ladysmith, Wisconsin Leavenworth, Kansas Llano, Texas Manitou Springs, Colorado Marshall, Missouri Martins Ferry, Ohio McMinnville, Oregon Missoula, Montana Newberry, South Carolina Norfolk, Nebraska Onaga, Kansas Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Salem, Oregon (Over the Top to Victory) South Haven, Michigan Valentine, Nebraska Wahpeton, North Dakota Wautoma, Wisconsin Wheaton, Illinois Williamsport, Maryland Winner, South Dakota
See also Astoria Victory Monument, Astoria, Oregon
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