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for Herbert Haseltine
American, 1877 - 1963
Haseltine was born of American parents; his father was the landscape painter William Stanley Haseltine, NA, and his mother, Helen Marshall, was an art collector. They were part of the expatriate community of artists and writers in Rome and it was in that heady cultural atmosphere that the younger Haseltine grew up.
After receiving a basic education from private tutors in Europe, Haseltine went to America in 1893 to continue his studies that culminated with several years spent at Harvard. He then returned to Europe where, between 1896 and 1900, he studied art in Munich and Rome. In 1900, he went to Paris, spent two years at the Academie Julian, and in 1905, became a pupil of the French animalier Aim‚ Morot. Animals, especially horses, had interested Haseltine since childhood and it was Morot who suggested he try modeling them. Haseltine was soon well-known as a specialist in animal sculpture, especially for his figures of British and American racehorses. An example of his work in that area is his monumental bronze of Man-O'-War (Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington). A small replica of that work, now lost, was presented to the National Academy as Haseltine's diploma piece in 1948.
Orpen painted Haseltine's portrait in Paris at the time of the sculptor's exhibition, British Champion Animals that was held in Paris and London in 1925.
After receiving a basic education from private tutors in Europe, Haseltine went to America in 1893 to continue his studies that culminated with several years spent at Harvard. He then returned to Europe where, between 1896 and 1900, he studied art in Munich and Rome. In 1900, he went to Paris, spent two years at the Academie Julian, and in 1905, became a pupil of the French animalier Aim‚ Morot. Animals, especially horses, had interested Haseltine since childhood and it was Morot who suggested he try modeling them. Haseltine was soon well-known as a specialist in animal sculpture, especially for his figures of British and American racehorses. An example of his work in that area is his monumental bronze of Man-O'-War (Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington). A small replica of that work, now lost, was presented to the National Academy as Haseltine's diploma piece in 1948.
Orpen painted Haseltine's portrait in Paris at the time of the sculptor's exhibition, British Champion Animals that was held in Paris and London in 1925.
