Oliver Laurence Barrett (October 8, 1892 – August 7, 1943) was a Pacific Northwest sculptor.
Oliver L. Barrett | |
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| Born | Oliver Laurence Barrett October 8, 1892 Tekoa, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1943 (aged 50) Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
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Kathryn Sartain (m. 1942) |
Early life
editOliver Laurence Barrett was born on October 8, 1892, in Tekoa, Washington, to Mrs. William Wallace Barrett. He studied art in Portland, Oregon, San Francisco and at studios in southern California.[1][2]
Career
editNotable works include the (no longer extant) Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and Rebecca at the Well, part of the Shemanski Fountain.[3] He sculpted the marine figure at the Battleship Oregon Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon.[4] He also sculpted the Pan group of figures in the court of the Murray Warner Museum and the facade of a bank building in Seattle.[1][2] One of his pieces, a statue of a primitive woman, was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City prior to his death.[2][5] He had ambitions of sculpting a statue of Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe, but they were not realized prior to his death. He was known for having stray cats and dogs at his studio.[5][6]
In 1927, Barrett joined the University of Oregon as an instructor. By the team of his death, he was an associate professor of sculpture there.[1][4] Up to his death, he was conducting experiments with plastics to develop a material to eliminate casting.[1]
Personal life
editBarrett married a former student, Kathryn "Kittye" Sartain of Eugene on May 29, 1942.[1][7] He lived on Fairmount Boulevard in Eugene.[8]
Barrett died on August 7, 1943, following an operation at a hospital in Eugene. His ashes were taken to his Tekoa hometown.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Turley, Gladys (August 9, 1943). "Oliver Laurence Barrett". The Register–Guard. p. 3. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "O. L. Barrett, Sculptor, Dies". The Oregonian. August 9, 1943. p. 7. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebecca at the Well, (sculpture)".
- ^ a b Project, F.W. (2013). The WPA Guide to Oregon: The Beaver State. Trinity University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-59534-235-5. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Turley, Gladys (October 3, 1943). "An Ambition Not Realized". Oregon Journal. p. 5. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "You've Heard of Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox---Here They Are". The Eugene Guard. September 7, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Husband of Former Local Woman Dies". The La Grande Evening Observer. August 13, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Barrett". The Register–Guard. August 8, 1943. p. 8. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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