William Clark NOBLE
1858–1938, USA
Biography
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Noble was born in Gardiner, ME, on 10 February 1858. He studied in Boston, MA, with Richard S. Greenough (qv), Charles F. Pierce (qv), and Lorado Taft, and in London, England. He specialized in military and religious memorial sculpture, although he did model a unique small bloodhound and a walking tiger after Antoine-Louis Barye's work, the latter of which was cast in bronze by the founder John Williams in New York City. Noble produced memorials in bronze for several cities and towns in the Northeastern United States; he also designed gold and silver coins for Guatemala and Panama.
Noble was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the National Arts Club, both in New York City.
Noble died in Washington, DC, on 10 May 1938.
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