Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 – September 20, 1947) was an American

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, best known for his decorative bronzes done in an elegant style popular in the 1920s.

Life

Born in

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, he studied at the Pratt Institute, with Herbert Adams. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York with

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and

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, and then in Paris for three years under

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before his return to the United States in 1910. In 1914, McCartan became the Director of the sculpture department of the

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. Eleanor Mary Mellon was among those he taught during his career. Edward McCartan, Eugene Field Memorial, Lincoln Park, Illinois

Posthumously honored by the

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, his public monuments were few—but the Eugene Field Memorial ("Winken, Blinken, and Nod") can still be found in the

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. McCartan's sculpture, ''The Nude'', was stolen from the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Michigan and was discovered at the bottom of the Detroit River eight years later. McCartan sculpted the 19th issue of the Society of Medalists, Peace in the New World/War in the Old World. Other work can be found at

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, a national historic site in

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, in 1934 to 1935. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He died in New Rochelle, New York, September 20, 1947 and is buried at St. Agnes Cemetery,

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Works

*''Girl Drinking from a Shell'', c. 1915

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*''Nymph and Satyr'', 1920, The Century Association *''Boy and Panther'', 1920 *'' Dream Lady, Eugene Field Memorial'' 1922, Lincoln Park *''Diana'', 1923,

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*''Diana and Hound'', 1923,

High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28, ...

*'' Dionysus (McCartan)'' 1923 remodeled 1936

*''Diana and Doe'' 1924 *''Bather'', 1935,

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

*''Nymph and Frog'', 1938

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCartan, Edward 1879 births 1947 deaths Artists from Albany, New York American architectural sculptors American male sculptors Art Students League of New York alumni Burials at St. Agnes Cemetery 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists National Sculpture Society members Sculptors from New York (state) Olympic competitors in art competitions