Summary
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][1]
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.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ "Brigadier General Samuel Manning Welch Memorial". buffaloah.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Eugene Morahan - Biography". www.askart.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ a b "Calexico Chronicle 14 April 1934 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "For a City's War Heroes, Salutes Cast in Metal and Set in Stone." New York Times, May 28, 1995, pp. 31.
- ^ a b "Statue Will Honor Town’s Patron Saint." Los Angeles Times, Apr 04, 1934, pp. 4.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Grace Storey Putnam - Biography". www.askart.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ a b "Arthur Putnam". American Sculptors. 2011-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
