Bela Lyon Pratt (American 1867-1917), “Bronze Portrait Bust of Phillips Brooks”, patina bronze, signed Bela L. Pratt 1914.
Height 8 in.
Pratt was born in Norwich, CT and studied with great success at the École des Beaux Arts. He was appointed Professor of Sculpture at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and eventually became head of the Sculpture Department. Though he had a relatively short career, Pratt created more than 180 pieces of sculpture and achieved a solid reputation as a Beaux Arts American sculptor.
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