Statues In The Park – Hillock near Grand Army Plaza The statue is the work of the distinguished artist John Massey Rhind (1860–1936). This impressive sculpture bust of Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene, M.D. (1838–1900) honors a Brooklyn-based physician, medical researcher, and college and hospital administrator whose lifetime of achievement had a broad impact on the medical profession. Outside of the college, Dr. Skene was a founder of the American Gynecological Society (1886–1887), Professor of Gynecology at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School (1883–1886), and Consulting Gynecologist at the Kings County Hospital (1893–1900).
Statues In The Park – Prospect Park This bronze bust of Austrian Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was created by the German-American sculptor Augustus Max Johannes Mueller. Mueller’s depiction represents Mozart in reverie, dressed in a period high collar and jabot ruffled shirt. Dedicated in 1897 in the Concert Grove, the statue is one of seven in the immediate vicinity, including four portraits of composers. The Concert Grove possesses a rich collection of bronze sculptural portraits. Three of these, Henry Baerer’s bust of Ludwig van Beethoven (1894), Chester Beach’s Carl Maria Von Weber (1909), and this statue of Mozart, were donated to the City of Brooklyn in 1897 by the United German Singers of Brooklyn.
Statues In The Park – Prospect Park This bronze bust of the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was created by the American sculptor John G. Draddy (1833–1904). Draddy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and had a prolific career. In New York City his work also includes the August Daly altar and Coleman Memorial in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Dedicated in 1879 in the Prospect Park Concert Grove, this statue is one of seven in the immediate vicinity, including four portraits of composers.
