Frederick Moynihan Explained

Frederick J. Moynihan was an American sculptor, born on the Isle of Guernsey in 1843. He died in his New York City studio on January 9, 1910.^[1]

Moynihan studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London before immigrating to the United States. He is best remembered for creating monuments commemorating the American Civil War.

Public monuments

• HMS Eurydice, Shanklin Cemetery, Shanklin, Isle of Wight 1880
• Pennsylvania's Ninth "Lochiel" Veteran Cavalry Monument, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 1894
• Company F, 1st US (Vermont) Sharpshooters Monument - Gettysburg, PA 1889
• Vermont Sharpshooters, Companies E & H 2nd Regiment United States Sharpshooters - Gettysburg, PA 1889
• 13th Vermont Infantry Monument Lieutenant Stephen F. Brown- Gettysburg, PA 1899
• Georgia State Monument. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 1899
• Griffin Alexander Stedman Monument, Barry Square, Hartford, Connecticut, 1900
• General Gustavus Sniper, equestrian, Syracuse, New York, 1905
• J.E.B. Stuart, equestrian, Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 1907

References

• DuPriest, Jr., James E. and Douglas O. Tice, Jr. Monument & Boulevard: Richmond's Grand Avenues, Richmond Discoveries, Richmond, Virginia, 1996
• Falk, Peter Hastings, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, Madison Connecticut, 1985
• Hardin, Evemarie, Syracuse Landmarks: An AIA Guide to Downtown and Historic Neighborhoods, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, 1993
• Kerr, Jack, Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.
• Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977
• Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986

Notes and References

1. Book: American Art Annual, Volume 8 . MacMillan Company . 1911 . 400.