HENRY HERING. Chronology of Work and Life

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Henry Hering's contributions weren't limited to Chicago. Below is a general timeline/chronology of his life and work.
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1874.02.15
Born. New York City


1888.00.00
Began Study at Cooper Union, New York
Student of Augustus Saint Gaudens
Student of Philip Martiny


1888.00.00 to 1891.00.00
At Saint Gaudens New York Studio


1891.00.00 to 1893.00.00
Columbian Expostion
Saint Gaudens. Columbian Exposition Artistic Advisor
Philip Martiny Fine Arts Building


1894.00.00 to 1898.00.00
Art Students League. New York


1898.00.00 to 1901.00.00
Ecole des Beaux Arts


1901.00.00 though 1907.00.00
Saint Gaudens Principal Assistant
Cornish Studios. Cornish, New Hampshire


1901.00.00
Caryatids (under Saint Gaudens)
Albright Knox Museum
Buffalo, New York


1907.00.00
Ten and Twenty Dollar Gold Pieces
(For Saint Gaudens.)


1910.00.00
Bust of Saint Gaudens


1910.06.00
Married Elsie Ward
(previously Saint Gaudens Assistant)


1913.00.00
"Memory, Peace, Courage, Devotion"
Yale Civil War Memorial
New Haven Connecticut.


1919.00.00 "Relief Figures."
Federal Reserve Bank. (GAPW)
Kansas City, Missouri


1919.00.00 Garlanded Angels
Attic Figures
Museum of Science and Industry (Replacements)
Chicago, Illinois


1923.00.00 "Energy in Repose."
Federal Reserve Bank.(Walker & Weeks)
Cleveland, Ohio


1923.00.00 Elsie Ward Hering Dies.


1925.00.00 "Law." "Science" "Religion" "Education"
Civic Center (Walker & Weeks)
Indianapolis, Indiana


1928.00.00 "Defense" and "Regeneration"
Michigan Avenue Bridge. (1920) Edward Bennett
Chicago, Illinois
Gift of William Wrigley to the BF Ferguson Monument Fund


1928.00.00 "Olin Library"
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut


1929.00.00 Pro Patria
Indiana War Memorial, (Walker & Weeks)
Indianapolis, Indiana


1931.00.00 L'Allegro


1932.00.00 "Pere Marquette" (with Walker & Weeks)
Marquette Park.
Gary, Indiana


1932.00.00 Guardians of Traffic
Lorain-Carnegie Bridge (Walker & Weeks)
Cleveland, Ohio


1932.00.00 Pediment
Serverance Hall (Walker & Weeks)
Cleveland, Ohio


1932.00.00 Wood Nymph
Brookgreen Gardens
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina


1934.00.00 "Abraham Lincoln"
University Park.
Indianapolis, Indiana


1945.07.28 B25 Bomber Crashed into Empire State Building
Wreckage fell into Hering's Studio below
The Waldorf. 10 East 33rd Street, New York.


Running Diana


American Eagle Book-ends


1949.01.17
Died in New York City


The secret hidden in this list is how much Henry might have depended on Elsie Ward, who gave up her career to assist his during the years 1910-1923.

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