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Edward Kemeys

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Edward Kemeys (1843 - 1907) was active/lived in New York, Illinois.  Edward Kemeys is known for Wild animal sculpture, animalier.

Edward Kemeys was America's first "animalier" or specialist in animal sculpture and is noted for being the sculptor of the lions, which guard the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago. Kemey's strength lay in conveying the character of each species, as well as a sense of natural movement.

He was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1843, but spent his youth in New York City. He received no early formal training in art and was for the most part a self-taught artist. His first job was an iron worker until the outbreak of the Civil War in which he served in the Union Army attaining the rank of Captain of Artillery. After the war he traveled to Illinois and became a farmer, a venture that failed after a few years.

He first became interested in animals when he moved back to New York City and was employed in the construction of Central Park. At the Central Park Zoo he observed someone modeling a wolf's head at the zoo and decided to try sculpture himself. His talent manifested itse   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2614 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Edward Kemeys

   Publications  Book References:  29
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Edward Kemeys
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Antiques Spirit of the West July 2004 Fauntleroy, Gussie Yes
American Art Review Masterworks of American Sculpture December 1999 Coles, William A Yes
Wildlife Art Bill Kerr: Portrait of a Collector June 1996 Editors, Wildlife Art Yes
29 Book References for Edward Kemeys
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Wagner, David American Wildlife Art 424 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Tolles, Thayer (Editor); Lauretta Dimmick, Donna J. Hassler American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume One: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Before 1865 451 Yes
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Rockwell Museum American Western Art 84 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1983 Detroit Institute of the Arts The Quest for Unity American Art between World's Fairs 1876-1893
(Exhibition catalog)		 272 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1977 Brown, Milton W American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture 631 Yes
1977 Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward) American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection 256 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1973 Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro) Bronzes of the American West 429 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1909 Rathbun, Richard The National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Inst, Bulletin 70 140 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
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