Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roland Hinton Perry (January 25, 1870 – October 28, 1941) was an American sculptor and painter.Perry was born in New York City to George and Ione Hinton Perry, and entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1890 at the age of 19. At 21, he studied at the Academie Julian and Academie Delecluse in Paris and focused on sculpture, the medium in which he would achieve the most artistic success.After returning to the United States, Perry received a commission to sculpt a series of bas-reliefs for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in 1894. The following year, he was commissioned to create the Court of Neptune Fountain in front of the Library's main building, now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building.