My Buddy (1925), Richmond Hill World War Memorial, Forest Park, Queens, New York City.
Joseph Pasquale Pollia (6 March 1894, Sicily, Italy – 12 December 1954, New York City)[1] was an Italian-born American sculptor who created numerous monuments and war memorials.
Biography
He and his family – parents Pasquale and Alexandra, and older sister Caterina – emigrated from Sicily to the United States in 1896, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] His father worked as a barber at 21 High Street.[3]
The memorial features a strapping soldier who takes a moment to stand before the grave of a lost comrade. His head is bowed in contemplation of a small cross protruding from a mound of dirt. A helmet hangs from his right arm, leaving his lowered head bare, and showing off thick locks of hair that fall in waves onto his forehead.[9]
Stonewall Jackson Monument (1938-40), Manassas, Virginia.
His most famous work is the Equestrian statue of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at Manassas National Battlefield Park, near Gainesville, Virginia. The Virginia Fine Arts Commission announced a design competition for the monument in 1938, and his winning submission was chosen from 80 entries in March 1939.[12] The monument was dedicated August 31, 1940.[13]
[A] Herculean Jackson sits tall upon an equally muscular horse as he gazes out across Henry Hill. He wears a cape that appears to be lifted by a dramatic wind, lending itself to his heroic stance. The large lettering on the base of the monument boldly declares, "There Stands Jackson Like a Stone Wall," referencing the words purportedly spoken by General Bernard Bee at the Battle of first Manassas, immortalizing Jackson with his nickname.[13]
News of his death was reported by several newspapers.[15] He and his wife, Mary G. Anastasi, are buried together at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery in Santa Clara, California.
Monsignor Joseph Jessing (1938), Worthington, Ohio.
References
^Regina Soria, American Artists of Italian Heritage, 1776–1945: A Biographical Dictionary, (Fairleigh Dickinson, 1993), p. 178.
^Joseph Pollia - 1900 Census Records, from MooseRoots.
^Report of Proceedings of the City Council of Boston for the Year 1899, (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1900), p. 578.
^Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
^ a bThe National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, (New York: Kalkhoff Co. Press, 1929).
^The International Studio, vol. 61, no. 243 (May 1917), (New York: John Lane Company), p. 6.[1]
^The School Arts Magazine, vol. 16, no. 9 (May 1917), (Boston: Davis Press), p. 400.[2]
^Richmond Hill War Memorial, from NYC Parks.
^Jennifer Wingate, Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender and Taste in America's World War I Memorials. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013. pp. 104-07.
^Donald Martin Reynolds, Monuments and Masterpieces: Histories and Views of Public Sculpture in New York City, (New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988), p. 199.
^"Tarrytown, New York – World War I Memorial," from Adventures in History (blog).
^Pollia's plaster model at the National Sculpture Society's 1940 exhibition.[3]
^ a bShae Adams, "Cultural Distortions: The Dedication of the Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Monument at Manassas National Battlefield Park," The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era, vol. 2, no. 3 (2011), pp. 9-26.
^Joseph P. Pollia, from National Academy of Design.
^Obituary, The Kansas City Times, December 14, 1954, p. 15.
^The Atlanta Constitution, January 10, 1920, p. 10.
^The Volunteer Fireman, from SIRIS.
^Nick Stoner monument, from The Stoner Lakes, The Adirondacks.
^Eberly Hutchinson, "The Stoner Statue," from Jeptha R. Simms, The Trappers of New York (1935).
^Pulaski Monument, from SIRIS.
^Shekilammy Boulder, from SIRIS.
^Hail to the Sunrise, Around and About with Viv (blog).
^Youth, from SIRIS.
^John Brown Statue, from SIRIS.
^Admiral Robert E. Peary Monument, from SIRIS.
^Admiral Peary Monument, from Do Johnstown.
^Wright Quadrangle Reliefs, from SIRIS.
^5 Maquettes by Joseph P. Pollia, from San Jose Museum of Art.
^Richmond Hill World War Memorial, from SIRIS.
^The Buddy Monument, from SIRIS.
^Tarrytown World War I Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Karen L. Davis, National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Franklin Common Historic District, January 2003, p. 3. PDF
^Civil War Soldier, from SIRIS.
^World War I Doughboy, from SIRIS.
^74th New York Infantry Statue, from Cuban Battlefields.
^Membi Victoriese, from Trip Advisor.
^Rockaway Beach War Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Barre World War I Monument, from SIRIS.
^Greenfield Spanish War Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Iowa Veterans Home, from SIRIS.
^Milford World War I Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Spanish War Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Suffolk and Nansemond World War Monument, from SIRIS.
^It Shall Not Be Again, from SIRIS.
^George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza, Uniontown, PA, from Waymarking.
^Sheridan Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Lynn World War I Memorial, from SIRIS.
^Stonewall Jackson Monument, from SIRIS.
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