Urn of Life

The Urn of Life (modeled 1898-1900, carved 1905-1906) is an allegorical sculpture by George Grey Barnard in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

[4] Barnard had made a spectacular debut at the 1894 Paris Salon,[5] and his Struggle of the Two Natures in Man had entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1896.

[14] The Urn of Life,[2] Musician Dying,[15] The Visitation, and The Birth were shown in the 1908 one-man exhibition of Barnard's work, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[16] The Mystery of Life, Musician Dying, The Birth, and Solitude were exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City, along with The Prodigal Son, from Barnard's Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups.

[9] Barnard later wrote that his work on The Urn of Life influenced the choices he made for the Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups.