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Jun 02, 1903 Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Died on 30 Jun 1995 (aged 92)
American sculptor
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About Gerald T. Horrigan
- Gerald T.
- Horrigan (June 2, 1903 - June 30, 1995) was an American sculptor active in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Horrigan was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the son of sculptor John Horrigan.
- After graduating from Quincy High School, he studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1921-1925 under Charles Grady and Frederick W.
- Allen; during these years he created the World War I memorial in Hull, Massachusetts and the design for Quincy's Robert Burns memorial (which was cut by his father).
- In 1927 Horrigan departed for Paris, and during his four years in Europe he executed a number of works including the large monument to Columbus in Palos de la Frontera, Spain to designs by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
- Upon his return to Quincy, Horrigan executed a number of sculptures both in the area and elsewhere, including the Lee Family World War II Memorial Marker (Timmonsville, South Carolina), Thomas J.
- Watson for an IBM building in Endicott, New York, Joan of Arc (St.
- Paul's Cathedral, Worcester), the Coduri mausoleum in (Westerley, Rhode Island), the doughboy for the World War I monument in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the figure on the Boston Policemen's Monument, and memorial sculptures in Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
- Horrigan died in the Quincy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and is buried in Mount Wollaston Cemetery.
