Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915. Karl Theodore Francis Bitter letters to F.E. Elwell, 1902-1912, bulk 1902-1903. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915

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Born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, Karl Bitter was trained as a sculptor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, from 1885 to 1888. After active service in the Army, Bitter immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in November of 1889. Within weeks of his arrival, Bitter was engaged by the American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1825-1895). He worked on projects for the Astors and Vandberbilts in New York City and at the Biltmore Estate, for William H. Vanderbilt, Ash...

Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922

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Frank Edwin Elwell (1858-1922) was an American sculptor whose work was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition (1893) and the Pan American Exposition (1901). He was the adopted son of author Louisa May Alcott, with whom he first studied sculpture. Elwell was Curator of Ancient and Modern Statuary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1903 and 1905. From the description of Letters from sculptors, from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary ; Miscell...