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OLIN LEVI WARNER (1844-1896)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 327 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEVI See also:WARNER (1844-1896)  , See also:American sculptor, was See also:born at See also:West Suffield, See also:Connecticut, on the 9th of See also:April 1844 . In turn an See also:artisan and a See also:telegraph operator, by 1869 he had earned enough See also:money to support him through a course of study in See also:Paris under See also:Jouffroy and See also:Carpeaux . He was in See also:France when the See also:Republic was proclaimed in 1870 and enlisted in the See also:Foreign See also:Legion, resuming his studies at the termination of the See also:siege . In 1872 he removed to New See also:York, where, however, he met with little success; he then went to his See also:father's See also:farm in See also:Vermont, and worked for manufacturers of See also:silver and plated See also:ware as well as makers of mantel ornaments . He attracted the See also:attention of See also:Daniel Cottier, of the Cottier See also:Art Galleries of New York, where See also:Warner's See also:work was exhibited, and some commissions gradually secured for him recognition . They were followed by busts of Alden See also:Weir, the artist, and of Maud See also:Morgan, the musician; some decorations for the See also:Long See also:Island See also:Historical Society; statues of See also:Governor See also:Buckingham at the See also:State Capitol, See also:Hartford, See also:Conn.; See also:William See also:Lloyd See also:Garrison and See also:General See also:Charles See also:Devens, at See also:Boston; reliefs of several striking See also:North American See also:Indian types; a See also:fountain for See also:Portland, See also:Oregon, and the designs for the See also:bronze doors, " Tradition " and " See also:Writing," of the Congressional Library at See also:Washington, of which he lived to See also:complete only the former, which contains the beautiful figures of " See also:Imagination " and " Memory." Warner died in New York See also:City on the 14th of See also:August 1896 . He was one of the five See also:charter members of the Society of American Artists (1877), and in 1889 became an academician, See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New York . One of his best-known See also:works is a " See also:Diana." He designed the souvenir silver See also:half-See also:dollar piece for the See also:Columbia See also:Fair at See also:Chicago, in 1893, making also some See also:colossal heads of See also:great artists for the art See also:palace, and busts of See also:Governors See also:Clinton and See also:Flower, of New York State .

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