Melvin Earl Cummings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melvin Earl Cummings

American sculptor

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1876

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 21-Jul-1936

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Melvin Earl Cummings (August 13, 1876 – July 21, 1936), also known as M.
Earl Cummings, was an American sculptor active in San Francisco, California. Cummings was born in Salt Lake City, and studied sculpture first at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco, under Arthur Mathews and later Douglas Tilden, and subsequently from 1900-1903 at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Louis Noël and Antonin Mercié.
After his return to San Francisco, he became Professor of Sculpture at the Mark Hopkins Institute, which position he retained to 1915.
In addition, in 1906 he was appointed Instructor in Modeling (and later promoted to Assistant Professor) in the University of California, Berkeley's School of Architecture, which position he held until his death.
He also served on Golden Gate Park's Board of Park Commissioners from 1904 until his death, and several of his works are located in the park.
He had a son named Ramsdale, who was the Bohemian Club photographer.