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Charles Rumsey

Charles Cary Rumsey (1879 - 1922) was active/lived in New York / France.  Charles Rumsey is known for Public sculpture, monuments, equestrian subjects.

Charles Cary Rumsey, born in Buffalo, NY in 1879, was the second eldest of five children of Laurence Dana Rumsey and Jennie Cary Rumsey.  The family, having inherited a small fortune built by Bronson Case Rumsey in tanning and railroads, was both wealthy and socially prominent.  Charles Rumsey's interest in sculpture appeared and was encouraged at an early age.  He was taken by his parents to Paris in 1893.  Instead of returning with them to attend school, he stayed in Paris for two years to serve as an apprentice to sculptor Paul Weyland Bartlett (whose father had been one of the early American champions of Rodin). 

After returning to the United States in 1895, Rumsey completed college prep studies at the Nichols School in Buffalo in three years, and entered Harvard in 1898.  While at Harvard he joined the Porcelain Club, an exclusive association of young men from the most prominent families in America, making useful association for a future   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7946 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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