Robert Porter Bringhurst

Background

Bringhurst, Robert Porter was born on March 22, 1855 in Jerseyville, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor James and Mary (Ryan) Bringhurst.

Education

Educated in art, Saint Louis School of Fine Arts, and at École des Beaux Arts, Paris.

Career

Prizes: first class medal, World’s Fair, Chicago, 1893. Silver medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. First money prize, Tennessee Centennial.

Principal works: Awakening Spring, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

Kiss of Immortality, destroyed at Portland fair. Statue of General Grant, City Hall Park, Saint Louis.

Minnesota’s monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania’s monument at Shiloh. Address: Saint Louis, Missouri

Achievements

• Robert Porter Bringhurst has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary F. Coolidge, November 8, 1877.