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1843 Savannah, Georgia - 1907 Georgetown, District Of Columbia. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 someon... Read full biography
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Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Fountain Sculpture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Engraving, Engraver
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Life-Size Portrait, Figure, Animal
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Central Park, New York City
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art School
- •Art Institute of Chicago (School Of), Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Animalier
- •Married to an Artist
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
- •Sculpture Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Wildlife Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of American Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts