André Harvey | |
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![]() Sculptor André Harvey working on "Mysterious Journey" (bronze sea turtle) in 2010 at the
Laran Bronze foundry in Chester, Pennsylvania. | |
Born | October 9, 1941
[1]
Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
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Died | February 6, 2018 (aged 76)
[1]
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Known for | Sculpture, Bronze, Stone, Jewelry |
Elected | National Sculpture Society |
William André Harvey (October 9, 1941 – February 6, 2018) [1] was an American sculptor whose realistic and contemporary works are primarily cast in bronze using lost-wax casting. Harvey also worked in granite, collage, painting, and produced intricate sculptural jewelry cast in gold. He worked in the Brandywine Valley, in Rockland near Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
Harvey was born in Hollywood, Florida and raised in Pocopson, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Virginia [1] in 1963. [3] In 1969, after working both as a journalist and an educator, he and his wife, Bobbie quit their jobs in search of a life change and traveled through Europe and Morocco. During this period, Harvey met and worked with abstract sculptor Michel Anasse, [4] in Vallauris, France, which resulted in his focus on sculpture as a career. [5]
Once back in the US, Harvey began creating small and large-scale realistic sculptures inspired by his childhood growing up in rural Pocopson, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Harvey's first high-profile exposure was the exhibition of five sculptures for the five windows at Tiffany & Company, New York. [5] Since that time, in a career spanning over four decades, Harvey has produced an extensive volume of work [6] which has been purchased by numerous public and private collections, and has been featured in exhibitions both nationally and internationally.
He was a Fellow and former board member of the National Sculpture Society, New York. [7] Harvey received the National Sculpture Society's Joel Meissner Award and the Tallix Foundry Award.
On June 15 and 16, 2017, the Hagley Museum and Library produced a two part oral history, Interview with André and Bobbie Harvey. [8] [9]
André Harvey | |
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![]() Sculptor André Harvey working on "Mysterious Journey" (bronze sea turtle) in 2010 at the
Laran Bronze foundry in Chester, Pennsylvania. | |
Born | October 9, 1941
[1]
Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
[1] |
Died | February 6, 2018 (aged 76)
[1]
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Known for | Sculpture, Bronze, Stone, Jewelry |
Elected | National Sculpture Society |
William André Harvey (October 9, 1941 – February 6, 2018) [1] was an American sculptor whose realistic and contemporary works are primarily cast in bronze using lost-wax casting. Harvey also worked in granite, collage, painting, and produced intricate sculptural jewelry cast in gold. He worked in the Brandywine Valley, in Rockland near Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
Harvey was born in Hollywood, Florida and raised in Pocopson, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Virginia [1] in 1963. [3] In 1969, after working both as a journalist and an educator, he and his wife, Bobbie quit their jobs in search of a life change and traveled through Europe and Morocco. During this period, Harvey met and worked with abstract sculptor Michel Anasse, [4] in Vallauris, France, which resulted in his focus on sculpture as a career. [5]
Once back in the US, Harvey began creating small and large-scale realistic sculptures inspired by his childhood growing up in rural Pocopson, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Harvey's first high-profile exposure was the exhibition of five sculptures for the five windows at Tiffany & Company, New York. [5] Since that time, in a career spanning over four decades, Harvey has produced an extensive volume of work [6] which has been purchased by numerous public and private collections, and has been featured in exhibitions both nationally and internationally.
He was a Fellow and former board member of the National Sculpture Society, New York. [7] Harvey received the National Sculpture Society's Joel Meissner Award and the Tallix Foundry Award.
On June 15 and 16, 2017, the Hagley Museum and Library produced a two part oral history, Interview with André and Bobbie Harvey. [8] [9]