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Book: Biography The Sculptors O'Connor |
A historical profile of two sculptors: Andrew O'Connor Sr. & Andrew O'Connor Jr. |
Biography written and well illustrated by Doris Soderman |
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| Adam and Eve in Marble by Andrew O'Connor Jr. |
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The Sculptors O'Connor is a long overdue history of two of America's finest sculptors. The father, a product of Ireland and the son reared in Worcester, Massachusetts, have beautified many parts of the world with their monuments.
Although the elder O'Connor led a quiet, hard-working life, his son Andrew Jr. found himself caught up in one that not only took him to the greatest capitols of the world, but introduced him to a multitude of people in high places.
O'Connor Jr. loved three women - his mother Mary Ella, who died while he was still a teenager; his wife, Jesse Phoebe who was his first and only model for many years, and mother of his four boys. His third love was for his pupil, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, married and the mother of three children.
Andrew O'Connor Jr. was a quiet, brilliant sculptor. In his love for Gertrude Whitney, he compromised his own career trying to give her the only thing she could not buy, fame as a sculptor. One of the richest women in the world, she had the money to purchase anything her heart desired -- even fame! For the rest of the story, get a copy of this amazing book.
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ISBN# 0-9642863-3-5, 160 pages, 44 illustrations, $24.95
To Order: Gundi Publishing Co., 33 Mower Street, Paxton, MA. 01602-1500. Telephone (508)-757-8940.
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