02256crm a2200217 4500 759023590 TxAuBib 20150918120000.0 150918s1915||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Wildflower [Museum Object]. 1915. Berge. PERMANENT COLLECTION. Wildflower. Bronze statute of a child with a lily pad on his head. Signed. 20150918. "The statue stood in the back of a lily pond in the side yard of the Sealy home, Open Gates. The Statue recieved water damage after being submerged in the flood associated with Hurricane Ike on September 12th, 2008. Conservation done by Bob Pringle September 2013. This statue is lovingly referred to as ""Peter Pan"" by the staff and many patrons. A Baltimore, Maryland sculptor Edward Henry Berge was known for his bronze monumental works and figures. He studied at the Maryland Institute and the Rinehart School in Baltimore and the Academie Julian in Paris. In the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, his work was briefly described by art historian Sheldon Cheney in his 'Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition'. ""Perhaps the best way is to start first to familiarize oneself with the smaller bronzes of the purely lyric type, the charming garden figures, sun-dials, and miniature fountains, that make up such an attractive part of the collection. Note how often the names of Edward Berge, Janet Scudder and Anna Coleman Ladd recur in connection with this graceful, intimately appealing sort of sculptureOn another day take the intermediate group, that is dignified but less austere in theme - such works as Sherry Fry's 'Peace,' and Berge's 'Muse Finding the Head of Orpheus.' Studied systematically, there is in this series of statues a broad education in the appreciation of sculpture."" Sources include: http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/Art_Lovers_Guide_to_Expo/Art_Lovers_Guide_Chap_12.html Peter Falk, ""Who Was Who in American Art""". "Berge, Edward". https://rosenberg.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/B01603A7-767F-4C4D-AFB5-255511551056 See Museum Object Listing RV8