Sculptor; son of Andrew Russell Barbee and Nancy Britton Barbee.
Barbee is best known for his works portraying classical figures, and he is best remembered for the pieces, "Coquette" and "Fisher Girl". He was a lawyer by trade. He became a sculptor after a wealthy Lynchburg art patron, impressed with Barbee's carving skills, sent him to Italy to study sculpture. Barbee quickly became a noted artisan, and he maintained a studio in the Untied States Capitol in the 1850s. He was at work on a frieze for the pediment of the House of Representatives when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He left Washington D.C at the onset of the war, and his piece was never finished. William's son, Herbert, also became a sculptor and completed two of hi father's unfinished works - "The Star of the West" and "The Lost Pleiad".
Contributor: Kelby (47297253)
Barbee is best known for his works portraying classical figures, and he is best remembered for the pieces, "Coquette" and "Fisher Girl". He was a lawyer by trade. He became a sculptor after a wealthy Lynchburg art patron, impressed with Barbee's carving skills, sent him to Italy to study sculpture. Barbee quickly became a noted artisan, and he maintained a studio in the Untied States Capitol in the 1850s. He was at work on a frieze for the pediment of the House of Representatives when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He left Washington D.C at the onset of the war, and his piece was never finished. William's son, Herbert, also became a sculptor and completed two of hi father's unfinished works - "The Star of the West" and "The Lost Pleiad".
Contributor: Kelby (47297253)
Sculptor; son of Andrew Russell Barbee and Nancy Britton Barbee.
Barbee is best known for his works portraying classical figures, and he is best remembered for the pieces, "Coquette" and "Fisher Girl". He was a lawyer by trade. He became a sculptor after a wealthy Lynchburg art patron, impressed with Barbee's carving skills, sent him to Italy to study sculpture. Barbee quickly became a noted artisan, and he maintained a studio in the Untied States Capitol in the 1850s. He was at work on a frieze for the pediment of the House of Representatives when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He left Washington D.C at the onset of the war, and his piece was never finished. William's son, Herbert, also became a sculptor and completed two of hi father's unfinished works - "The Star of the West" and "The Lost Pleiad".
Contributor: Kelby (47297253)
Barbee is best known for his works portraying classical figures, and he is best remembered for the pieces, "Coquette" and "Fisher Girl". He was a lawyer by trade. He became a sculptor after a wealthy Lynchburg art patron, impressed with Barbee's carving skills, sent him to Italy to study sculpture. Barbee quickly became a noted artisan, and he maintained a studio in the Untied States Capitol in the 1850s. He was at work on a frieze for the pediment of the House of Representatives when the Civil War broke out in 1861. He left Washington D.C at the onset of the war, and his piece was never finished. William's son, Herbert, also became a sculptor and completed two of hi father's unfinished works - "The Star of the West" and "The Lost Pleiad".
Contributor: Kelby (47297253)
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