Unidentified bronzes by E. M. Viquesney. On display at Owen County Public Library.
OTHER WORKS BY E. M. VIQUESNEY
E. M. Viquesney moved from his native Indiana to Americus, Georgia in 1905 to work on the monuments at Andersonville, the site of the infamous Confederate prison camp for Union soldiers during the Civil War. In 1920 he copyrighted his famous "Spirit of the American Doughboy" tribute to the infantrymen of WWI, for which he is most remembered.
But that work was by no means his only claim to fame: The list below is certainly not complete; no one really knows just how many pieces Viquesney created.
But that work was by no means his only claim to fame: The list below is certainly not complete; no one really knows just how many pieces Viquesney created.
1905-1920 - Confederate war memorials
1913 - Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Wichita, Kansas
1920 through 1946 -New-type above-ground burial vault, commercial memorial plaques, headstones.
1922 - The United States Infantry Association Trophy, Washington, D.C.
1923 - The "Imp-O-Luck", Spencer, Indiana
1925 (date of photo) - The Viquesney Building, Spencer, Indiana
1926 - "The Spirit of the American Navy", 7 public locations in the U.S.
1927 - "The Spirit of the Skies", a miniature bust of aviator Charles Lindbergh
1928 - The Tivoli Theatre, Spencer, Indiana
1930 - "Zero Hour" version of the Doughboy
1930s (est.) -"Joan of Arc" (actual title unknown); copy of 1872 marble sculpture by Henri Chapu
1931 (est.) - Bust of Knute Rockne
1934 - "The Unveiling", Viquesney's memorial to his first wife, Cora, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana
1935 - "Over the Top", Viquesney's Doughboy in a new pose (title "borrowed" from rival John Paulding)
1936 - "Resting Doughboy", a 3-foot sculpture, Lakemore, Ohio, originally zinc, now bronze replica
1936 - "Spirit of America" plaque, "Spirit of the Flag" miniature
1936 - "Women of the Confederacy" - Tribute to Southern women of the Civil War
1938 - "Lincoln as an Indiana Boy", sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in many sizes and styles
1939 - The Viquesney Pavilion, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana
1940 - "Creation", scupture of Man rising from the clay in palm of God's hand
1942 - "Remember Pearl Harbor" and "The Yanks Again" series of WWII miniatures
1943 - "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank", miniature and 5 full-size locations in the U.S.
1946 - "Comrades", Viquesney's last piece
1913 - Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Wichita, Kansas
1920 through 1946 -New-type above-ground burial vault, commercial memorial plaques, headstones.
1922 - The United States Infantry Association Trophy, Washington, D.C.
1923 - The "Imp-O-Luck", Spencer, Indiana
1925 (date of photo) - The Viquesney Building, Spencer, Indiana
1926 - "The Spirit of the American Navy", 7 public locations in the U.S.
1927 - "The Spirit of the Skies", a miniature bust of aviator Charles Lindbergh
1928 - The Tivoli Theatre, Spencer, Indiana
1930 - "Zero Hour" version of the Doughboy
1930s (est.) -"Joan of Arc" (actual title unknown); copy of 1872 marble sculpture by Henri Chapu
1931 (est.) - Bust of Knute Rockne
1934 - "The Unveiling", Viquesney's memorial to his first wife, Cora, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana
1935 - "Over the Top", Viquesney's Doughboy in a new pose (title "borrowed" from rival John Paulding)
1936 - "Resting Doughboy", a 3-foot sculpture, Lakemore, Ohio, originally zinc, now bronze replica
1936 - "Spirit of America" plaque, "Spirit of the Flag" miniature
1936 - "Women of the Confederacy" - Tribute to Southern women of the Civil War
1938 - "Lincoln as an Indiana Boy", sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in many sizes and styles
1939 - The Viquesney Pavilion, Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana
1940 - "Creation", scupture of Man rising from the clay in palm of God's hand
1942 - "Remember Pearl Harbor" and "The Yanks Again" series of WWII miniatures
1943 - "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank", miniature and 5 full-size locations in the U.S.
1946 - "Comrades", Viquesney's last piece
