Biografie von Ralph Hamilton HUMES (1902-1981)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Addresses: Chester Springs, Phila.; Coconut Grove, Miami, FL, 1935-/Leesburg, FL, 1973

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Md. Inst. Art, with Rhinehart; PAFA, with Albert Laessle, Charles Grafly (Cresson traveling scholarship, PAFA, 1929, 1930; F., PAFA, 1937)

Exhibited: PAFA, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937; NAD, 1932 (prize)-33, 1935, 1937 (prize), 1940, 1945; AIC; New Haven Paint & Clay Cl., 1932 (prize), 1933-34, 1936 (prize), 1937, 1939; Salons of Am., 1933; Nat. Sculpture Soc. Shows; CAFA, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941 (prize); Soc. Wash. A., 1937 (prize); Fla. Fed. A., 1938 (med.); Rosequist Galleries, Tucson, Ariz.

Member: ANA; fel. Nat. Sculpture Soc.; Soc. Medalists; fel., PAFA; Soc. Wash. Artists; New Haven Paint & Clay Cl.; Blue Dome F.; CAFA.

Work: Brookgreen Gardens, SC; Children's Zoo, Lincoln, Nebr.; PAFA. Commissions: Mahogany Comanche figurehead, J. Price Yacht, Miami, Fla.; Fountain of the Sea, Coral Gables Libr., Fla.; Tony Janus Mem., Saint Petersburg, Fla.; Padre Kino Statue, Nogales, Ariz.; bird panet fountain, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze.

Sources: WW73; WW47; article in: Brookgreen Gardens Publ. Sculptors; Falk, Exh. Record Series.