George Grey Barnard, often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor who trained in Paris. He is especially noted for his heroic sized Struggle of the Two Natures in Man at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, his twin sculpture groups at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, and his Lincoln statue in Cincinnati, Ohio. His major works are largely symbolical in character. His personal collection of medieval architectural fragments became a core part of The Cloisters in New York City.
Portrait of George Grey Barnard in 1908
Barnard and Clare Sheridan touring his cloister in New York City, 1921.
Struggle of the Two Natures in Man (marble, 1892–1894), Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Prodigal Son (1904), Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Pennsylvania State Capitol
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg which was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout. The capitol houses the legislative chambers for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. It is also the main building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
Pennsylvania State Capitol in April 2022
The Hills Capitol (1822–1897)
The Cobb Capitol (1899–1902)
The capitol building, photographed by William H. Rau shortly after its dedication