Artist

William M. McVey

born Boston, MA 1905-died Cleveland, OH 1995
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Image is courtesy of the Forbes Watson papers, 1900-1950 in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • William Mozart McVey
  • William McVey
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Active in
  • Texas, United States
Biography

William McVey studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Ohio State University, and later in Paris under Despiau, a French portraitist. He returned to the Cleveland Institute of Art as a teacher in 1932 and lived with his wife Leza McVey, a ceramist. Although McVey is best known for his public sculpture, which can be seen in Ohio, Michigan, California, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., he was also a prolific animal sculptor.