Willard Dryden Paddock

American artist (1873–1956)

Willard Dryden Paddock (October 23, 1873 – November 25, 1956), was an American painter and sculptor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the tutelage of sculptor Herbert Adams, before traveling to Paris to study at the Académie Colarossi under the painters Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois and Louis Auguste Girardot. Paddock is perhaps better known for his sculptural work, which garnered national attention, and included memorial structures, fountains, busts, figures, and sundials.^[1]

Selected works

Sundial, Boy With Spider, bronze sundial, 1916–1918; Owner: Indianapolis Museum of Art

Certain other sculptures by Paddock were surveyed and documented by the "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" project.^[2]

References

^ Dictionary of American Sculptors "18th century to the present," illustrated with over 200 photographs. Editor: Glenn B. Opitz. Apollo, 1984.
^ List of Works by Willard Dryden Paddock Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). Retrieved 1/19/2011.