Barnard, George Grey (1863–1938)

US sculptor. He was one of the most original sculptors of his day, and his bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln 1917, unveiled in Cincinnati, caused controversy because its frank depiction avoids the conventional dignity of public monuments.

Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and educated at the Art Institute of Chicago and in France at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, where he was strongly influenced by the works of Auguste Rodin. His most important commission was a vast group of allegorical figures for the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, 1904–10. Other works include Struggle of the Two Natures of Man 1884 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), the Great God Pan 1902 (Central Park, New York), and A Monument to Democracy 1920, which comprises 400 figures.