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Reginald E. Beauchamp
Reginald E. Beauchamp (December 8, 1910 – December 20, 2000) was an American sculptor whose works include Penny Franklin (1971), Whispering Bells of Freedom (1976), and a bust of Connie Mack that sits in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Born in London, Beauchamp immigrated to the United States at age 2 with his family, who lived for five years in Rensselaer, New York, before settling in Philadelphia. He worked as the director of special events and then the head of public relations and personnel at the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper from 1945 to 1975. He was also involved in various community groups, including Rotary International, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Poor Richard Club, and the Philadelphia Public Relations Association, which named him the first member of its hall of fame in 1972.
Beauchamp created 25 works of public art, most of which were installed in Philadelphia. Among them are:
In 1986, two Beauchamp bronze bas-reliefs of the face of Civil War hero George C. Platt were installed at the approaches to the George C. Platt Bridge over the Schuylkill River. They were commissioned by Platt's great-great-grandson, Lawrence Griffin Platt, who raised $10,000 with the help of a former Gulf Oil Co. executive, and were mounted on poles at either end of the bridge. One was stolen in 1987; the other was stolen later. A $500 reward offered by the Philadelphia Daily News in 2002 did not secure their return.
Beauchamp once hung colored ribbons from the statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia City Hall to nearby buildings, creating the look of a maypole more than 500 feet tall.
In 1967, he unsuccessfully proposed a $5 million, 14-story bust of Benjamin Franklin to be mounted on Belmont Plateau in the city's Fairmount Park. It was to be made of vertical stainless-steel tubes, six inches in diameter and one inch apart, that would have been lit from the interior of the sculpture.
Among the privately held works by Beauchamp is a sculptural rendition of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, installed at the Philadelphia Protestant Home in the Lawndale neighborhood.
Another is "Philadelphia Then & Now", a 53-by-68-inch painting commissioned by the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1947 to commemorate the newspaper's 100th anniversary. It depicts the city as it appeared in 1847, with the contemporary skyline floating in the clouds above. The painting was exhibited at Newman Gallery, hung for 25 years at the Poor Richard Club, shifted into private hands in the mid-1970s, and was offered at auction in 2009.
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Reginald E. Beauchamp
Reginald E. Beauchamp (December 8, 1910 – December 20, 2000) was an American sculptor whose works include Penny Franklin (1971), Whispering Bells of Freedom (1976), and a bust of Connie Mack that sits in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Born in London, Beauchamp immigrated to the United States at age 2 with his family, who lived for five years in Rensselaer, New York, before settling in Philadelphia. He worked as the director of special events and then the head of public relations and personnel at the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper from 1945 to 1975. He was also involved in various community groups, including Rotary International, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Poor Richard Club, and the Philadelphia Public Relations Association, which named him the first member of its hall of fame in 1972.
Beauchamp created 25 works of public art, most of which were installed in Philadelphia. Among them are:
In 1986, two Beauchamp bronze bas-reliefs of the face of Civil War hero George C. Platt were installed at the approaches to the George C. Platt Bridge over the Schuylkill River. They were commissioned by Platt's great-great-grandson, Lawrence Griffin Platt, who raised $10,000 with the help of a former Gulf Oil Co. executive, and were mounted on poles at either end of the bridge. One was stolen in 1987; the other was stolen later. A $500 reward offered by the Philadelphia Daily News in 2002 did not secure their return.
Beauchamp once hung colored ribbons from the statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia City Hall to nearby buildings, creating the look of a maypole more than 500 feet tall.
In 1967, he unsuccessfully proposed a $5 million, 14-story bust of Benjamin Franklin to be mounted on Belmont Plateau in the city's Fairmount Park. It was to be made of vertical stainless-steel tubes, six inches in diameter and one inch apart, that would have been lit from the interior of the sculpture.
Among the privately held works by Beauchamp is a sculptural rendition of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, installed at the Philadelphia Protestant Home in the Lawndale neighborhood.
Another is "Philadelphia Then & Now", a 53-by-68-inch painting commissioned by the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1947 to commemorate the newspaper's 100th anniversary. It depicts the city as it appeared in 1847, with the contemporary skyline floating in the clouds above. The painting was exhibited at Newman Gallery, hung for 25 years at the Poor Richard Club, shifted into private hands in the mid-1970s, and was offered at auction in 2009.
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