American, 1874 - 1937
The son of the painter, John Pope, John Russell Pope graduated from the City College of New York in 1892. He then enrolled in the Columbia University School of Mines, New York, studying with the architect, Robert Ware. Upon graduation in 1894, he was awarded a two-year scholarship to continue his studies in Europe. The first recipient of the American Academy in Rome's Prix de Rome in 1895, he spent one year at the American Academy in Rome, before touring Italy and Greece for about a year, drawing from the antique. Pope then entered the Atelier Deglane at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he worked from 1897 until 1899. Following his return to New York in 1900, he worked briefly for the architect, Bruce Price, before establishing his own architectural practice.
Pope achieved success early; he received medals of honor from the Architectural League of New York in 1917, and from the New York City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1919. He was especially favored with commissions for major institutional buildings, and is perhaps the architect most responsible for carrying the Beaux-Arts style of classical revival well into the twentieth century in America.
He designed master plans for several educational institutions, including areas of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; and the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Among his major buildings are the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1927; the Frick Collection, New York, 1935, and additions to the British Museum, and the Tate Gallery, both London, 1937. But it is in Washington, D. C. that Pope's work had permanent impact on the character of the urban landscape. There his designs include the Temple of the Scottish Rite, 1915; Constitution Hall, 1928; and the National Archives, 1935. His designs for the National Gallery of Art, and the Jefferson Memorial were executed after his death.
Pope taught architecture at Columbia University. From 1933 to 1937, he was president of the American Academy in Rome.
Pope achieved success early; he received medals of honor from the Architectural League of New York in 1917, and from the New York City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1919. He was especially favored with commissions for major institutional buildings, and is perhaps the architect most responsible for carrying the Beaux-Arts style of classical revival well into the twentieth century in America.
He designed master plans for several educational institutions, including areas of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; and the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Among his major buildings are the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1927; the Frick Collection, New York, 1935, and additions to the British Museum, and the Tate Gallery, both London, 1937. But it is in Washington, D. C. that Pope's work had permanent impact on the character of the urban landscape. There his designs include the Temple of the Scottish Rite, 1915; Constitution Hall, 1928; and the National Archives, 1935. His designs for the National Gallery of Art, and the Jefferson Memorial were executed after his death.
Pope taught architecture at Columbia University. From 1933 to 1937, he was president of the American Academy in Rome.
