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American sculptor (1869–1949)
Art Moderne -style saintly mother
Morahan was the sculptor for this fountain in memory of
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt , who died with the Lusitania in 1915.
Eugene H. Morahan (August 29, 1869 – November 14, 1949) was an American sculptor.
Born in Brooklyn, New York,
[1] he was a student of
Augustus Saint-Gaudens .
[2]
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Morahan sculpted:
the
Alfred Vanderbilt Memorial Fountain in Newport, Rhode Island
the Samuel Manning Welch memorial
[3]
[4] and the Elks Memorial in Buffalo, New York
[5]
the
McGregor Memorial Fountain in Fort Myers, Florida
[5]
panels of the
Carroll Gardens war memorial in Brooklyn
[6]
the Cuddy Memorial, a portrait panel of a British naval officer, at
St. Barnabas' Church, Bexhill, England
[7]
[1]
”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 .
[7]
the bronze equestrian statue of
Father Eusebio Kino in the
Tumacácori National Historical Park museum
[8]
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.
[9]
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.
[10]
Morahan was married to Grace Storey Putnam (an artist and the creator of the Bye-Lo baby doll) from 1927 to 1941.
[11]
[12] Morahan and his wife moved to Santa Monica in 1930.
[8] He had a daughter, Adele Morahan, and a stepson, George C. Putnam
[1] (whose biological father was the sculptor
Arthur Putnam ).
[12] Morahan died in 1949 in Santa Monica, at the age of 80.
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References
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e "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 .
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"Brigadier General Samuel Manning Welch Memorial" . buffaloah.com .
Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-10-15 .
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"Eugene Morahan - Biography" . www.askart.com .
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"Calexico Chronicle 14 April 1934 — California Digital Newspaper Collection" . cdnc.ucr.edu .
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^ "For a City's War Heroes, Salutes Cast in Metal and Set in Stone." New York Times , May 28, 1995, pp. 31.
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b "Statue Will Honor Town’s Patron Saint." Los Angeles Times, Apr 04, 1934, pp. 4.
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"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.
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"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 .
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"Grace Storey Putnam - Biography" . www.askart.com .
Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-15 .
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"Arthur Putnam" . American Sculptors . 2011-06-16.
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