Marshall Harrison Daugherty (September 6, 1915 – April 28, 1991) was an American sculptor active in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Marshall Daugherty | |
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| Born | Marshall Harrison Daugherty September 6, 1915 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1991 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Life and career
editDaugherty was born on September 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington.[1]
He studied at Yale University with Robert Eberhard and with Carl Milles at Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[2]
Around 1934, when Daugherty was in his late teens, he met writer Harry Stillwell Edwards at Kingfisher Cabin on Edwards' plantation at Holly Bluff, near Macon, Georgia, where Daugherty was chair of the art department at Mercer University. Daugherty founded the department in 1946 with Tony Stansfeld.[3] Daugherty later sculpted a bust of Edwards.[4]
Daugherty married Gertrude Earle "Trudy" Baker, with whom he had two daughters: Deryl Dantzler and Carla McAuley.[5][6]
Of the statue of John Wesley that was erected in 1969 in Reynolds Square, Savannah, Georgia, Marshall said: "The moment is as he looks up from his Bible toward his congregation, about to speak and stretching out his right hand in love, invitation, and exhortation. In contrast, the hand holding the Bible is intense and powerful – the point of contact with the Almighty."[7]
Daugherty died on April 28, 1991, aged 75. He had lost his eyesight around a decade earlier.[8] His wife survived him by twenty years; she died on June 13, 2011, aged 92.[6]
Selected works
edit- John Wesley Statue, Reynolds Square, Savannah, Georgia (1989)[9][10][11]
- Harry Stillwell Edwards Bust (now at the Washington Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia; c. 1936)[4]
- Young Pan (1986)[12]
In 1981, Daugherty's final statue was made for Trav and Kate Paine, in memory of his five-year-old daughter, Alice, who died from a genetic disorder the previous year, having been ill for three years. The statue was stolen in September 2010, but it was recovered the following month after investigative work by Natalie Spires, a family member and prosecutor.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Daugherty, Marshall Harrison". Dick Johnson's Databank. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Biography". J McCraney-Brogdon. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ Mercer Cluster Insight, Volume XLIX, Number 5, October 27, 1967
- ^ a b "CONTENTdm". vault.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Mercer Lawyer by Mercer University/Marketing Communications - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ a b "Gertrude Baker "Trudy" Daugherty Obituary (2011) The Telegraph". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "John Wesley, 1703-1791: Founder of Methodism". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Happy Day!". the thin line between optimism and delusion... 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ City of Savannah's monuments page Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine This page links directly to numerous short entries, many accompanied by photographs, discussing a variety of monuments, memorials, etc., in the squares and elsewhere. Accessed June 16, 2007.
- ^ Official Savannah Guide's Tour Savannah's Squares, accessed June 16, 2007.
- ^ See Savannah by T.D. Conner (2001), accessed June 14, 2007
- ^ "Fine Art | Museum of Arts and Sciences". Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ Cain, Bianca. "Memorial statue recovered". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-04-06.