Carleton Watson Angell (February 26, 1887 – June 1, 1962) was an American sculptor. He was born in

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and died in

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. He is buried in Washtenong Memorial Gardens near the World War I Veterans Memorial, under a plaque designed by artist Stanley Kellogg.

Career

Angell studied sculpture at the

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and while in Chicago did some designing, and likely modeling, for the American Terra Cotta Company and the Ceramic Company. In 1922, he and his wife Gladys moved to Ann Arbor when he was hired by the

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to teach freehand drawing. In 1926 he became the Museums Artist where he created, among things, plaster models of various animals, many of them prehistoric, that were used in the museum's displays. In the course of his 30 years at the University of Michigan he also created numerous portraits and busts and plaques of U of M notables, and these can be found spread all over the university campus.

Public works

* ''Girl with a Cat'',

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memorial, James Couzens Memorial Auditorium, Bath Middle School,

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, 1928 * ''Veterans Memorial'', Washtenaw Memorial Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1932 * ''Pumas'' Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1940 * ''

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Memorial'', Arbor Crest memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1954

Architectural sculpture

* Cartouche over main entrance, Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, Albert Kahn, architect, 1928 * Two panels,

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Courthouse, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ralph Gerganoff, architect, 1956

References

* ''Catalog of Works of Art by Carleton Watson Angell, Artist, University Museums, University of Michigan, 1926 - 1955'', Ann Arbor: University Museums, 1955 * Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, ''Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County'', 1989 study {{DEFAULTSORT:Angell, Carleton W. 1887 births 1962 deaths Artists from Ann Arbor, Michigan University of Michigan people 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors People from Belding, Michigan Sculptors from Michigan