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Ed Morgan

Ed Morgan (1943 - 2014) was active/lived in New Mexico, Missouri.  Ed Morgan is known for Floral design, southwest scene engraving, embossing on silk.

Using a combination of engraving and embossing, Ed Morgan became a master engraver depicting a variety of subjects including Native Americans, animals, birds and flowers.

He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, with a father who made all of his toys by hand, many of them with Southwest motifs. After his father's death, he lived with grandparents on a farm in northeast Missouri, and he had to travel 30 miles to school. In grade school, he began winning art competitions.

He moved to Kansas City, became a professional musician, and enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute where he got a reputation for his execution of fine detail. He then worked for nearly twelve years as an illustrator- engraver for Hallmark Cards and later with American Greeting Cards.

A trip to Taos, New Mexico to pick up frozen buffalo hides changed his life, and he subsequently moved there and to engraving added jewelry making. In this regard, he describes himself as a sculptor who carves in met   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2409 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Ed Morgan


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Embossing
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Jewelry Making, Jewelry Design
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Indians, Native Americans
  • North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Taos, New Mexico After 1940
Art School
  • Kansas City Art Institute, Student
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Hallmark Card Artist, Kansas City, Missouri

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