Robert Garrison was an American

United States

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 sculptor (May 30, 1895–1945). He was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa

Iowa

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Garrison studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and with Gutzon Borglum

Gutzon Borglum

Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art.- Background :The son of Mormon Danish immigrants, Gutzon...

. He made his home in Denver, Colorado

Colorado

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 where he served on the faculty of the University of Denver and some of his work can be found.

His works include the Boston Avenue Methodist Church

Boston Avenue Methodist Church

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 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, and stone reliefs on the Sixth Avenue side of Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center

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 in New York City

New York City

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. Additional works include architectural sculptures in the style of medieval grotesques at South High School, Denver and the figures of the four evangelists on the bell tower of the former St. Thomas Seminary, Denver. His two monumental molded concrete figures of athletes were integral to the University of Denver's Hilltop Stadium (1926), and were demolished along with the stadium in 1971.