Avard Fairbanks
| Avard Fairbanks | |
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Fairbanks (ca. 1914)
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| Born |
Avard Tennyson Fairbanks March 2, 1897 Provo, Utah |
| Died | January 1, 1987 (aged 89) Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Resting place | Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery 40°44′28″N 111°49′23″W / 40.741°N 111.823°W |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice M. Fox |
| Parent(s) |
John B. Fairbanks Lillie A. Huish |
Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (March 2, 1897 – January 1, 1987) was a prolific 20th-century American sculptor. Three of his sculptures are in the United States Capitol, and the state capitols in both Utah and Wyoming, as well as numerous other locations, also have his works. Possibly his most well-known artistic contribution was designing the ram symbol for Dodge.
Fairbanks studied in at the Art Students League of New York beginning at age 13 and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Jean Antoine Injalbert beginning at age 17. Fairbanks received his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his master's degree from the University of Washington. For three years Fairbanks studied on a Guggenheim Fellowship in Florence, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of Michigan. He was also a professor of sculpture at the University of Michigan.
His father was John B. Fairbanks, who was an artist and art professor. His mother, Lilly Annetta Huish, died about a year after he was born. She was a cousin of Orson Pratt Huish. Avard's brother J. Leo Fairbanks was also an artist, and helped Fairbanks start sculpting as a teenager.
While Fairbanks was living in Ann Arbor, he served for a time as the president of the branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in that city.
Among Fairbanks' children is Jonathan Leo Fairbanks, who was curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the early 1990s.
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