art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Later years In between commissions Proctor frequently returned to the West for rejuvenation and inspiration, seeking out members of various Native American tribes to pose for his works. On a hunting trip to Alaska in 1947 Proctor shot a bear, seventy years to the day after which he had bagged his first one. Proctor died in Palo Alto, California on September 5, 1950, where he was living with his daughter, just a few days before his ninetieth birthday. A sculptor of the "old school," Proctor resisted even the vestiges of modernism that many of his contemporaries adopted. Examples of his legacy are scattered from coast to coast throughout America. As one of the witnesses of the death of the old America (many other artists saw only the birth of the new one) Proctor's works showing the animals and peoples of frontier America remain popular and as vital today as when he produced them. Selected works Moose, Polar Bears, Jaguars, Elk, Cowboy on Horse and Indian on Horse (along Grand Basin and Lagoon); Lions (in front of Palace of Fine Arts) at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. General John Logan Memorial (horse only), Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1894–1897 William T. Sherman Memorial (horse only), Grand Army Plaza, New York, New York, 1892–1903 Standing Pumas, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1898 Two Griffins, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 Lions for the McKinley Monument, Buffalo, New York, 1907 Tigers, 16th Street Bridge, Washington, D.C., 1910 Tigers, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1910 Buffalo, Q Street Bridge, Washington, D.C., 1914 The Pioneer, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1918 Bucking Bronco, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, 1920 Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, Portland, Oregon, 1922 Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider, Roosevelt Park, Minot, North Dakota, 1922 On the War Trail, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, 1922 Indian Maiden and Fawn, 1917–1924 The Circuit Rider, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, Oregon, 1924 The Pioneer Mother, Kansas City, Missouri, 1925 Buffalo Heads, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington, D.C., 1927 The Western Sheriff [Tillman D. Taylor], Pendleton, Oregon, 1929 McKnight Memorial Fountain, Wichita, Kansas, 1931 The Pioneer Mother, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1932 Robert E. Lee on Traveller, 1936 The Seven Mustangs, also known as Mustangs, Austin, Texas, 1948 John McLoughlin, Salem, Oregon, 1953 Jason Lee, Salem, Oregon, 1953 Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Sculpture, Oyster Bay, New York, poured posthumously Images Notes