Rogers, John

John Rogers, American sculptor, was born Oct. 30, 1829 in the house of his grandfather, the Pickman-Derby-Brookhouse mansion, demolished in 1915, to make way for the Masonic Temple.

Many of his subjects were drawn from Civil War incidents. He believed that Americans would appreciate familiar subjects, instead of subjects from classical mythology which were more the norm then. He was known for his groupings of figures, correctly and artistically posed. While most of them depict domestic events or illustrate the realities of war, they have a sentimental idealism that suited the Victorian taste of the time.

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Vertical File in Salem Collection - Rogers, John