Jane Wasey (1912 Chicago, IL - 1992 Glen Cove, ME) was an American artist known for her sculptures of human and animal figures, executed in both realistic and abstract modes. She began her education at age 17 at the Academy Julian in Paris studying with

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. She further studied with J. Bertrand in Paris and with Simon Moselsio,

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, and

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in New York City. Wasey's work can be found in permanent museum collections including the

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the

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, and the

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. She was a founding member of the

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in 1937. Wasey sculpted the granite memorial to

Andre the Seal Andre the Seal (May 16, 1961 – July 19, 1986) was a male harbor seal pup found off the island of Robinson's Rock in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. Life The seal was adopted by Harry Goodridge, who was then a tree surgeon and the Harborm ...

in Rockport, ME harbor. Wasey is included in the ''North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary''.

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External links

''Sculptor Jane Wasey Calls Herself a Doer and She Does Beautifully'', Bangor Daily News, 1986
1912 births Artists from Chicago 20th-century American sculptors 1992 deaths {{US-sculptor-stub