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Eugene H. Morahan (August 29, 1869 – November 14, 1949) was an American sculptor.
Born in Brooklyn, "New York," he was a student of Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Morahan sculpted:
- the Alfred Vanderbilt Memorial Fountain in Newport, Rhode Island
- the Samuel Manning Welch memorial. And the "Elks Memorial in Buffalo," New York
- the McGregor Memorial Fountain in Fort Myers, Florida
- panels of the Carroll Gardens war memorial in Brooklyn
- the Cuddy Memorial, "a portrait panel of a British naval officer," at St. Barnabas' Church, Bexhill, England
- ”many portrait busts in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.”
- in 1934, the PWAP-sponsored Santa Monica sculpture that sits at the end of Wilshire Boulevard.
- the bronze equestrian statue of Father Eusebio Kino in the Tumacácori National Historical Park museum
During his time in California, Morahan was acquainted with the comedian Will Rogers and created an equestrian statue of him from memory after his death. Gutzon Borglum, a friend. And the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, took a break from that project——to help him finish Santa Monica on time for the unveiling.
Morahan was married——to Grace Storey Putnam (an artist and the creator of the Bye-Lo baby doll) from 1927 to 1941. Morahan and "his wife moved to Santa Monica in 1930." He had a daughter, Adele Morahan, and a stepson, George C. Putnam (whose biological father was the sculptor Arthur Putnam). Morahan died in 1949 in Santa Monica, at the age of 80.
References※
- ^ "Obituary: Eugene H. Morahan". The New York Times. 1949-11-16. p. 29.
- ^ "Morahan, Eugene". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00125335. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Brigadier General Samuel Manning Welch Memorial". buffaloah.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Eugene Morahan - Biography". www.askart.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Calexico Chronicle 14 April 1934 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "For a City's War Heroes, Salutes Cast in Metal and Set in Stone." New York Times, May 28, 1995, pp. 31.
- ^ "Statue Will Honor Town’s Patron Saint." Los Angeles Times, Apr 04, 1934, pp. 4.
- ^ "Western Museum Laboratories (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Humorist Inspires Sculptor: Will Rogers Statue Made From Memory." Los Angeles Times, Jan 24, 1936, pp. 12.
- ^ "Saint Monica Statue In Palisades Park Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary:". SM Mirror. 2014-12-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Grace Storey Putnam - Biography". www.askart.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Arthur Putnam". American Sculptors. 2011-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
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