Bruce Wilder Saville (March 16, 1893 – February 27, 1939) was an American sculptor born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and known for his monuments.
Early years
He began his art studies at the Boston Art Normal School,Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988 where he studied with Cyrus Dallin. He later worked in the studio of Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson and Henry Hudson Kitson.McGlauflin, Alice Coe, editor, ‘’Who’s Who in American Art’’, The American Federation of Arts, Inc., Washington D.C., 1937
During World War I Saville joined the French Ambulance Corps for a year and then transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the remainder of the war. Following the end of the war he remained in Europe where he, "studied under European masters."Cassidy, Ina Sizer, "Arts and Artists in New Mexico: Bruce Saville", New Mexico magazine, October 1937 pp 25 & 40
Later career After working there for four years in the Kitson's studio Saville moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he taught sculpture at Ohio State University,Taft, Lorado, The History of American Sculpture, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925 p. 583Campen, Richard N., Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio, West Summit Press, Chagrin Falls, OH, 1980 p. 28-29 and at the Columbus Art SchoolNational Sculpture Society, Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue, National Sculpture Society, NY 1923 during the 1920s.
By 1930 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he resided and worked until his death there in 1939. Many of his works can be found in the New Mexico Museum of Art.SIRIS – Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
He is the author of several World War I memorials as well as two Civil War memorials to Jonathan Richmond and Stephen G. Hicks, both located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Saville was a member of the National Sculpture Society.National Sculpture Society, ‘’Contemporary American Sculpture’’, National Sculpture Society, NY 1929
Selected works Peace, Ohio Statehouse, 1922 Until the Dawn, White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Michigan 1928 Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument, Maumee, Ohio, 1929 Doughboy Memorial, Quincy, Massachusetts Victorious Soldier, Sullivant Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Victory and Peace Monument, Glens Falls, New York 1927 Lebanon War Memorial, Lebanon, Connecticut, 1922 The Canadian Doughboy, Saint John, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1921 The Three Wars, Palmyra, Maine
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