Joseph Mozier

Joseph Mozier (August 22, 1812 – October 3, 1870) was an American sculptor active in Italy.

The Prodigal Son (c. 1857), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1812. In 1831 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a merchant. He retired from business around 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying sculpture for several years in Florence, after which he moved to Rome.

His best-known work is Undine, the title character in the novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, a water nymph who falls in love with a man. He won a grand prize for it in Rome in 1867.

He made a short visit to the United States in 1870, and was hospitalized upon his return in London, England. He died in Faids, Switzerland, while en route to his home in Italy.[1]

A woman (Pocahontas) standing half draped in fur skin tunic holding a cross in right hand, leash in left hand and a reclining fawn.

Selected works

References

  • Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889.
  • Madeleine B. Stern, "New England Artists in Italy 1835-1855", The New England Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1941), pp. 243–271.
  • "Joseph Mozier" from AskArt.
  1. "Obituary: Joseph Mozier." The Art Journal (London), January 1871.
  2. Pocohantas from Art Institute of Chicago.
  3. Truth from Flickr.
  4. Silence from Flickr.
  5. Rebecca at the Well from Flickr.
  6. The American Schoolboy from Redwood Library.
  7. Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine from Lockwood-Mathews Mansion.
  8. Jephthah's Daughter from Christie's Auctions.
  9. Il Penseroso from Smithsonian Institution.
  10. Undine from Tumblr.
  11. The Peri from Flickr.
  12. Flower Girl from Smithsonian Institution.
  13. The Vigil of Rizpah Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine from Spanierman Gallery.
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