14 Facts About Bryant Baker

Percy Bryant Baker better known as Bryant Baker, was a British-born American sculptor.

Bryant Baker sculpted a number of busts of famous Americans.

Bryant Baker's brother was Robert P Baker, a sculptor of note.

Bryant Baker became an apprentice sculptor under his father, and carved Gothic statues for Beverley Minster and decorative elements for the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Bryant Baker studied art and sculpting at the City and Guild Technical Institute and later at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Bryant Baker was so impressed with his work, that she then commissioned him to design a life-size statue of Edward VII, and later a bust in marble of the nine-year-old Prince Olaf of Norway.

In 1916, Bryant Baker emigrated to the United States, where he enlisted in the United States Army.

Bryant Baker served during World War I in Army hospitals, crafting artificial limbs and face masks for wounded soldiers.

Bryant Baker created a bust of John J Pershing in 1921 and a bust of Arthur Weimar Thompson, both for the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Bryant Baker won the design competition, and in 1930 his 27-foot high, 12,000 pounds statue, Pioneer Woman, was unveiled in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

In 1957, Bryant Baker was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1959.

Bryant Baker died of unspecified causes at St Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx on March 29,1970.

Bryant Baker was cremated, and his ashes interred at St Peter's Church in Fordcombe, Kent, England.

Bryant Baker was a Freemason, and belonged to the Constitutional Lodge No 294 at Beverley, Yorkshire, England.