Harvey was born in Ogden, Ohio, a Quaker community in Clinton County, to William P. and Nancy M. Harvey.[1] He attended art school in the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he studied painting with Thomas Satterwhite Noble and sculpture with Louis Rebisso. In 1889 he moved to Paris where he continued his studies, with Lefebvre, Constant, Doucet and finally Frémiet.[2] In 1897 he began exhibiting sculptures of animals at Paris salons and continued doing so until returning to the United States in 1900, by which time he was "firmly committed to animal sculpture."[3]
Harvey's most popular work was a life-sized elk produced for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and used at their buildings and in cemeteries around the United States.
"The Order of Elks commissioned him to create a statue of the elk. and so pleased were they with the result that they ordered numerous replicas to be made."[5] These include the following:
^ abThe National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. p. 522. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
^Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1968 pp. 537–538
^"Eli Harvey, Noted Sculptor, Dies". The News Journal. February 12, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1968 p. 540
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Eli Harvey September 23 1860 February 10 1957 was an American sculptor painter and animalier Eli HarveyBorn 1860 09 23 September 23 1860Ogden OhioDiedFebruary 10 1957 1957 02 10 aged 96 Alhambra CaliforniaEducationArt Academy of CincinnatiOccupationArtistSignature Contents 1 Biography 2 Elk or Elk at Rest 3 Work 4 ReferencesBiography edit nbsp The Eaton family s mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto with lions by Eli HarveyHarvey was born in Ogden Ohio a Quaker community in Clinton County to William P and Nancy M Harvey 1 He attended art school in the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he studied painting with Thomas Satterwhite Noble and sculpture with Louis Rebisso In 1889 he moved to Paris where he continued his studies with Lefebvre Constant Doucet and finally Fremiet 2 In 1897 he began exhibiting sculptures of animals at Paris salons and continued doing so until returning to the United States in 1900 by which time he was firmly committed to animal sculpture 3 His work was exhibited at both the Pan American Exposition Buffalo New York 1900 and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Saint Louis Missouri 1904 and a decade later at the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco California 1915 Harvey also produced architectural sculpture for the lion house at the New York Zoological Park and two lions for the Eaton family mausoleum in Toronto Ontario Canada 2 Harvey s most popular work was a life sized elk produced for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and used at their buildings and in cemeteries around the United States He died in Alhambra California on February 10 1957 4 His home is included on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County Ohio Elk or Elk at Rest edit The Order of Elks commissioned him to create a statue of the elk and so pleased were they with the result that they ordered numerous replicas to be made 5 These include the following Elks statues by Eli Harvey Year Location Image1904 Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans Louisiana nbsp 1904 Evergreen Cemetery Colorado Springs Colorado1905 North Burial Ground Providence Rhode Island1907 Clinton County Historical Society 149 East Locust Street Wilmington Ohio1907 318 Prince Street over entrance Alexandria Virginia1909 Riverside Cemetery Waterbury Connecticut nbsp Between 1904 amp 1915 Elks Opera House Prescott Arizona nbsp 1917 Lakewood Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota nbsp 1923 Mohawk Trail Florida Massachusetts nbsp 1924 B P O E Route 11 South Kirkwood New York1925 Toledo Memorial Park Sylvania Ohio1925 Oakwood Cemetery Syracuse New York nbsp 1936 Woodlawn National Cemetery Elmira New York1937 Elks National Home Bedford Virginia 6 Highland Lawn Cemetery Terra Haute Indiana nbsp Greenlawn Cemetery Newport News Virginia nbsp Kensico Cemetery Valhalla New York nbsp Roselawn Cametery Pueblo Colorado nbsp Work edit nbsp Eli Harvey s signature adorns Bronze Bruno at Brown University 1927 Harvey s works can be found in 7 Clinton County History Center Wilmington Ohio Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts St Petersburg Florida R W Norton Art Gallery Shreveport Louisiana Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Ohio Brookgreen Gardens Murrells Inlet South Carolina Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City Eaton Mausoleum Toronto Canada Bronx Zoo Bronx New York Brown University Providence Rhode Island St Louis Art Museum St Louis Missouri Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Alexandria Virginia Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington District of Columbia Chester County History Center West Chester Pennsylvania Westmoreland Museum of American Art Greensburg Pennsylvania Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Kirkwood New York National Cowboy amp Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City Oklahoma Denver Art Museum Denver Colorado Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody Wyoming Newark Museum Newark New Jersey Bridgemarket New York CityReferences edit Proske Beatrice Gilman Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Brookgreen Gardens SC 1968 p 163 a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol XII James T White amp Company 1904 p 522 Retrieved August 18 2020 via Google Books Craven Wayne Sculpture in America Thomas Y Crowell Company New York 1968 pp 537 538 Eli Harvey Noted Sculptor Dies The News Journal February 12 1957 p 1 Retrieved August 18 2020 via Newspapers com Craven Wayne Sculpture in America Thomas Y Crowell Company New York 1968 p 540 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 29 2013 Retrieved October 25 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link SIRIS Smithsonian Institution Research Information System Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eli Harvey amp oldid 1193689017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
