1. Frank H Happersberger was an American sculptor based in San Francisco.
10 Facts About Frank Happersberger
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Frank Happersberger received training in a German royal art academy.
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Frank Happersberger is best known for the monument for President James A Garfield in Golden Gate Park and Pioneer Monument, both in San Francisco.
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Frank Happersberger was born in 1859 in Placer County, California.
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His's father, Frank Happersberger Sr, was a Bavarian immigrant who moved from New York to San Francisco to join the Gold Rush.
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Frank Happersberger established a studio in San Francisco at 51 Park Avenue.
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Frank Happersberger was a member of California Parlor No 1 of the Native Sons of the Golden West.
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Frank Happersberger was happily planning to carve "elaborate beams and panels" for a new house they were building.
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In 1899, Frank Happersberger moved to New York, hearing that there was more work for sculptors there.
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Frank Happersberger died on October 11,1932, in San Anselmo, California, at age 74.