Fine Art Destroyed

 

The Artists 

Never would have guessed 

Their Years of painstaking creation of art

Would be so desecrated.

History references:

May be copyrighted material:

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/robert-edward-lee-sculpture/

https://hyperallergic.com/395627/robert-e-lee-confederate-monument-charlottesville/

https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/film?phrase=robert%20e%20lee%20statue%20virginia&sort=mostpopular&suppressfamilycorrection=true&license=rf%2Crr&servicecontext=srp-related

Grok:

Links to artist’s biographies:

Merwin Shrady Henry 

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/robert-edward-lee-sculpture/

Leo Lentrelli

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lentelli

Antonin Mercie

https://smarthistory.org/lee-monument-richmond/

Alexander Doyle 

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/robert-e-lee-statue-16f682a1d59f4cfdaf1ab7fd126dcff9

Alexander Phimister Proctor 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Robert_E._Lee_by_Alexander_Phimister_Proctor

Edward Virginius Valentine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Robert_E._Lee_%28Valentine%29

Larry Bechtel (Roanoke, 1960; removed)

No direct photos found; replaced post-1960s. See general Lee statues collection