Background
He was born in New York, where he studied with John Quincy Adams Ward 1897-1901 and at the National Academy of Design.
He was born in New York, where he studied with John Quincy Adams Ward 1897-1901 and at the National Academy of Design.
Educated College City of New New York Pupil National Academy Design, New New York
Newman’s ‘’Hiker’’, called ‘’”The best bronze soldier in America"’’ erected in Tompkinsville Park, Staten Island New York, is one of the United States’ most reproduced statues. Copyrighted by Newman in 1904, for a time the Hiker served as the official monument of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV), and over twenty replicas were cast by John Williams, Incorporated., a New York foundry.
The pose has been compared to a famous image of 1899 by the noted American Western artist Frederic Remington, who was a war correspondent in Cuba.
The "Hiker" was also cast for the market in several reduced sizes. Such reductions normally supported American Beaux-Arts sculptors in between public commissions.
A fountain "Music of the Waters" located on Riverside Drive has not been located. Though best known for his sculpture on monumental scale, he was known to have done smaller pieces like "Rough Rider", which bears much resemblance to the much larger work "The Hiker".
Married Florence Allan, March 28, 1900.