Biographical Sketches of American Artists
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Georgetown Heights. Washington, D. C. May 11. 1907. Received his education in the schools of New York City. Upon leaving school he entered mercantile business which he gave up for Federal service during the Civil War; and it was not until after the close of the war and he Avas employed in the civil engineering corps of Central Park, New York, that he made his debut as a sculptor. His specialty is Indians and wild animals of America.
In 1878 he exhibited in the Paris salon his now famous group "...Bison and wolves." Returning to New York he produced "Still hunt." "Wolves/' "Panther and deer," and "Raven and coyote." In 1892 he went to Chicago, executing there a number of large groups for the Columbian Exposition. Also modeled the large bronze lions in front of the Chicago Art Institute building.
Julian Hawthorne in 1881 in writing of Mr. Kemey's art said that we find "not merely nor chiefly the accurate representation of the ani- mal's external aspect, but what is vastly more difficult to seize and por- tray — the essential animal character or temperament which controls and actuates the animal's movement and behavior Here is an artist who understands how to translate pose into meaning, and action into utterance, and to select those poses and actions which convey the broadest and most comprehensive idea of the subject's prevailing truth." i "American wild animals in art." Century 6:211.) Kendall, Margaret Stickxkv (Mrs.
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Georgetown Heights. Washington, D. C. May 11. 1907. Received his education in the schools of New York City. Upon leaving school he entered mercantile business which he gave up for Federal service during the Civil War; and it was not until after the close of the war and he Avas employed in the civil engineering corps of Central Park, New York, that he made his debut as a sculptor. His specialty is Indians and wild animals of America.
In 1878 he exhibited in the Paris salon his now famous group "...Bison and wolves." Returning to New York he produced "Still hunt." "Wolves/' "Panther and deer," and "Raven and coyote." In 1892 he went to Chicago, executing there a number of large groups for the Columbian Exposition. Also modeled the large bronze lions in front of the Chicago Art Institute building.
Julian Hawthorne in 1881 in writing of Mr. Kemey's art said that we find "not merely nor chiefly the accurate representation of the ani- mal's external aspect, but what is vastly more difficult to seize and por- tray — the essential animal character or temperament which controls and actuates the animal's movement and behavior Here is an artist who understands how to translate pose into meaning, and action into utterance, and to select those poses and actions which convey the broadest and most comprehensive idea of the subject's prevailing truth." i "American wild animals in art." Century 6:211.) Kendall, Margaret Stickxkv (Mrs.
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