George Bissell (sculptor)

George Edwin Bissell (February 16, 1839 – August 30, 1920) was an American sculptor.

Bissell was born New Preston, Connecticut, the son of a quarryman and marble-cutter. During the American Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers in the Department of the Gulf (1862-1863), and on being mustered out became acting assistant paymaster in the South Atlantic Squadron. At the close of the war he joined his father's marble business in Poughkeepsie, New York.

He studied the art of sculpture abroad in 1875-1876, and lived much in Paris during the years 1883-1896, with occasional visits to America. Bissell also created smaller works, such as a bust of President Abraham Lincoln as well as a larger statue of the president.

Civil War Monument (1875), Colchester, Connecticut.

John Lyman Chatfield (unveiled 1887), Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut.

Sam Sloan (1889), Lackawanna Ferry Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey.

John Watts (1890), Trinity Church (New York City).

Abraham de Peyster (1896), New York Historical Society, New York City.

Chester A. Arthur (1898–99), Madison Square, New York City.

Chancellor James Kent (c. 1899), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Bust of Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren (1901–04), Smith Memorial Arch, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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