page_title: Benjamin Victor (sculptor)
hierarchical_section_title: Benjamin Victor (sculptor)
caption_attribution_description: Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) Nevada Bronze by Benjamin Victor Given in 2005 Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall U.S. Capitol For more information on this statue that is part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/winnemucca.cfm. This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov.
context_page_description: Benjamin Matthew Victor is an American sculptor living and working in Boise, Idaho. He is the only living artist to have three works in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. He was only 26 years old when his first statue, Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute activist in Nevada, was dedicated in the Hall in 2005, making him the youngest artist to ever be represented in the Hall. In 2014, his sculpture of Norman Borlaug, "the father of the Green Revolution," was dedicated in the National Statuary Hall and in 2019, his statue of Chief Standing Bear, a Native American rights leader, was dedicated in the National Statuary Hall making him the only living artist to have three sculptures in the Hall.
context_section_description: Benjamin Matthew Victor (born January 16, 1979 in Taft, CA) is an American sculptor living and working in Boise, Idaho. He is the only living artist to have three works in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. He was only 26 years old when his first statue, Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute activist in Nevada, was dedicated in the Hall in 2005, making him the youngest artist to ever be represented in the Hall. In 2014, his sculpture of Norman Borlaug, "the father of the Green Revolution," was dedicated in the National Statuary Hall and in 2019, his statue of Chief Standing Bear, a Native American rights leader, was dedicated in the National Statuary Hall making him the only living artist to have three sculptures in the Hall .
caption: Monument to Sarah Winnemucca. Bronze, over life-size, 2005. National Statuary Hall, Washington, DC.
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