Frederick Charles Shrady
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Frederick Charles Shrady (October 22, 1907, East View, New York — January 20, 1990, Easton, Connecticut) was an American painter and sculptor, best known for his religious sculptures.[1]
Biography[]
The son of the sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady, he graduated from the Choate School in Connecticut, studied painting at the Art Students' League in New York City, and attended Oxford University in England. He moved to Paris, France, in 1931, studied under Yasushi Tanaka, and lived and painted there for nine years. He was awarded a medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition.
He married in Europe, and returned to the United States in 1940, with his wife and young son, Henry.
He joined the U.S. Army during World War II, and served as one of the Monuments Men, helping to retrieve looted art.[2] In Bavaria, he met Maria Louise Likar-Waltersdorff (1924-2002), an Austrian translator with the U.S. Army Fine Arts and Monuments Department, who became his second wife.[3] They had six children.
He converted from Episcopalianism to Roman Catholicism in 1948, and turned to painting religious subjects. In 1950, he completed his first sculpture.
Clare Boothe Luce's 19-year-old daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw, a student at Stanford University, was killed in a 1944 automobile accident. In her memory, Luce built Saint Ann's Chapel near the campus in Palo Alto, California, and commissioned works of art to adorn it. Shrady's colossal bronze sculpture on the building's facade, Saint Ann and the Virgin Mary, portrays the mother (St. Ann) teaching her young daughter (the Virgin Mary) how to read.
He was commissioned by the Dominican Order in the Holy Land to model twelve bas-relief panels depicting The Life of Mary for the doors of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel.
In 1982, Pope John Paul II commissioned him to create a statue of Our Lady of Fatima for the Vatican Gardens. He was the first American artist to receive such a papal commission.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government, and was made a Knight Equestrian by the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Maria Shrady wrote a number of religious books, including a children's book about Mother Teresa with illustrations by her husband.[4]
Shrady's papers are at Georgetown University.
Selected works[]
Paintings[]
- Descent from the Cross (1945), St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria.[5]
- Twelve Stations of the Cross (ca. 1952), Dahlgren Chapel, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.[6]
Sculptures[]
- Bust of the Very Reverend Martin C. D'Arcy, S.J. (1953), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.[7]
- Saint Ann and the Virgin Mary (ca. 1954), Saint Ann Chapel, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.[8]
- Father Godfrey Schilling (1955), Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D.C.[9]
- Our Lady of Wisdom (1956), St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, New York.[10]
- Crucifix (1959), over main entrance to All Saints Catholic School, Norwalk, Connecticut.[11]
- Joan of Arc (ca. 1962), Cathedral of Saint Paul, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[12]
- The Prodigal Son (ca. 1962), statuette.[13]
- Crucifix, The Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph (1963), O'Byrne Chapel, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York.[14] Crucifix is 9-feet tall.
- Lazarus (1963), Resurrection Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[15] 9-feet tall.
- John the Baptist (1965), Church of the Holy Family, New York City.[16] A replica was owned by Pope Paul VI.
- Peter, Fisher of Men (1965), Saint Peter's Garden, Fordham University - Lincoln Center, New York City.[17] 28-feet tall.
- Triad — The Holy Family (before 1967), General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut.[18] 6-feet tall.
- Saint James (before 1967), Wethersfield, Connecticut.[19] 10-feet tall.
- Bust of Adlai Stevenson II (1967), Steele Hall, Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut.[20]
- The Life of Mary (1967), 12 bas-relief panels for the bronze doors of the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel.[21]
- Saint Benedict the Moor (1968), atop tower of Saint Benedict the Moor Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[22] 18-feet tall.
- Flame (1973), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.[23]
- Medallion: Courage and Hope, (reverse) Bird in Flight (1975), The Society of Medalists.[24]
- Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton (1975), Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City.[25]
- Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity — FBI Memorial (1979), J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.[26] 15-feet tall.
- Torso (before 1980), , Solomons, Maryland.[27] On loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
- Our Lady of Fatima (1982–83), Vatican Gardens, Vatican City.[28]
- Saint Francis Feeding the Birds (1983), in front of Egan Chapel, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.[29]
- Human Rights (1985), United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City.[30] 18-feet tall.
- Saint Jude Thaddeus (1990), Saint Jude Church, Monroe, Connecticut.[31]
Gallery[]
Father Godfrey Schilling (1955), Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery, Washington, D.C.
Saint Benedict the Moor (1968), atop tower of Saint Benedict the Moor Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Saint Francis Feeding the Birds (1983), in front of Egan Chapel, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.
References[]
- ^ "Frederick Shrady". Shrady.net. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "The Heroes". Monuments Men Foundation. 1943-06-23. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Georgetown University - The Frederick & Maria Shrady Papers: Collection Description". Library.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ Maria Shrady, The Mother Teresa Story (New York: Paulist Press, 1987), illustrated by Frederick Shrady.
- ^ http://shrady.net/new/disentfromcross.jpg
- ^ "Frederick Shrady". Shrady.net. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Search | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "The St. Ann Chapel". Stannchoir.org. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Franciscan Monastery: SCHILLING, Father Godfrey: Statue (ca. 1955) in Washington, D.C. by Frederick Charles Shrady located in James M. Goode's North Capitol Street area". Dcmemorials.com. 1990-01-22. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Saint | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Secure.flickr.com. 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Our History | All Saints Catholic School – Norwalk CT". Allsaintsnorwalk.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ http://shrady.net/sculptures/joanofarc.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/sculptures/prodigalson.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/sculptures/manhattanvillecrucifix.jpg
- ^ "Untitled | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Secure.flickr.com. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "John the Baptist: George J. Sole and Frederick Shrady". CultureNOW. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Peter the Fisherman: Frederick Shrady". CultureNOW. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ http://shrady.net/new/holyfamily.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/sculptures/Stjames.jpg
- ^ "The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ http://shrady.net/new/Nazereth-Doors.jpg
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Flame, (sculpture)". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ http://www.medalcollectors.org/Guides/SoM/SOM091.jpg
- ^ "Flickr: Please wait". Secure.flickr.com. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ http://shrady.net/new/FBI.jpg
- ^ http://www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/sites/default/files/Shrady.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/articles/popejohnpaulII.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/sculptures/st.francis.jpg
- ^ http://shrady.net/new/prisonerofwar.jpg
- ^ "Saint Jude Church". Saint Jude Church. 1990-10-28. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
External links[]
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- Paul Horgan, "The Sculpture of Frederick Shrady," The Critic (April–May 1967).[1]
- New York Times obituary, January 22, 1990.
- Frederick Charles Shrady from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System.
- Frederick & Maria Shrady Papers from Georgetown University.
- 1907 births
- 1990 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Art Students League of New York alumni
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism
- Monuments men
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century male artists
- American male sculptors
- Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
- Sculptors from New York (state)