Douglas Tilden

Who was Douglas Tilden?

Douglas Tilden was a world-famous sculptor. Tilden was deaf and attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, California. Tilden became deaf at the age of four after a severe bout of scarlet fever. After graduating from the CA School for the Deaf, he went on to attend UC Berkeley, but then left to study art in Paris. Once in Paris, Tilden studied under Paul Chopin, another deaf sculptor. He made many statues that sit in San Francisco, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

He has many artworks.

Football Players, which stands as one of the first permanent artwork on the University of California, Berkeley campus.

Bear Hunt, a statue of a bear protecting her cub and wrestling with two Native Americans, and is featured in the California School for the Deaf in Fremont.

Mechanics Monument, which may be seen in San Francisco. It served as an inspiration for the city to rebuild itself.

Admission Day Monument is situated at Market, Post and Montgomery Streets in San Francisco.

Oregon Volunteers, Portland, Oregon

On June 6, 1896 Tilden was married to Elizabeth "Bessie" Cole, a former student of his, also deaf.