Background
Proctor, Alexander Phimister was born on September 27, 1862 in Ontario, Canada. Son of Alexander and Tirza (Smith) Proctor.
Proctor, Alexander Phimister was born on September 27, 1862 in Ontario, Canada. Son of Alexander and Tirza (Smith) Proctor.
Pupil Puech and Ingallbert, Paris.
Awarded Rinehart Paris scholarship. Designer’s medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893, where exhibited sculptural groups. Exhibited Paris Exposition, 1900 (member sculpture jury), received gold medal.
Furnished quadriga for United States Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1900.
Groups for Buffalo Exposition, 1901 (member sculpture jury of selection and awards). Gold medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904 (member jury).
Gold medal, San Francisco Exposition, 1915. Gold-medal of honor, Architectural League, New York, 1911.
Represented in public parks, New York and Denver, in Zoöl.
Park, New York, in Pittsburgh. Also lions, McKinley Monument, Buffalo. Permanent works at Saint Louis Art Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Art Gallery.
Heroic bison and tigers, Washington.
2 equestrian statues at Denver. Monument of Oregon pioneer mother, Campus of University of Oregon.
Princeton tigers, Princeton University. Heroic equestrian statue of circuit rider, Salem, Oregon.
Equestrian statue of Colonel Roosevelt as Rough Rider, Portland, Oregon, and Minot, North Dakota
“Pioneer Mother,” equestrian group, Kansas City, Missoury. Equestrian statue, “Western Sheriff,” Pendleton, Oregon. Fountain group, trapper and Indian, Wichita, Kansas.
Double equestrian statue, General R. East. Lee and Young Soldier, Dallas, Texas.
Heroic group Mustangs, seven wild Mustangs for Campus of University of Texas. “Oregon Pioneer,” University of Oregon.
(with son) statues of Doctor John McLaughlin and Review Jason Lee for Hall of Fame, Washington.
Member Art Commission, City of New York, 1903-1906. Member National Institute Arts and Letters, National Sculpture Society, American Water Color Society, Roosevelt Pilgrimage, National Council Boy Scouts of America, Society Colonial Wars, South.R. Clubs: honorary. Member, Adventurers’ (Los Angeles), honorary.
Member Bohemian, 1944 (San Francisco), National Arts, Century, Camp Fire.
Married Margaret Gerow, September 1893. Children: Hester, Alden Phimister, Nona, Jean, William, Gifford, Joanne.