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OLIN See also: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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: |
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