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CHARLES GRAFLY (1862— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES See also:GRAFLY (1862— )  , See also:American sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 3rd of See also:December 1862 . He was a See also:pupil of the See also:schools of the Pennsylvania See also:Academy of the See also:Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and of See also:Henri M . See also:Chapu and See also:Jean Dampt, and the Ecole See also:des See also:Beaux Arts, See also:Paris . He received an Honorable Mention in the Paris See also:Salon of 1891 for his " Mauvais Presage," now at the See also:Detroit Museum of Fine Arts, a See also:gold See also:medal at the Paris Exposition, in 1900, and medals at See also:Chicago, 1893, See also:Atlanta, 1895, and Philadelphia (the gold Medal of Honor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), 1899 . In 1892 he became instructor in See also:sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, also filling the same See also:chair at the See also:Drexel See also:Institute, Philadelphia . He was elected a full member of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design in 1905 . His better-known See also:works include: " See also:General See also:Reynolds," Fairmount See also:Park, Philadelphia; " See also:Fountain of See also:Man " (made for the See also:Pan-American Exposition at See also:Buffalo); " From See also:Generation to Generation "; " See also:Symbol of See also:Life "; " See also:Vulture of See also:War," and many portrait busts .

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