Edward Virginius Valentine

Edward V. Valentine

Edward Virginius Valentine (November 12, 1838 - October 19, 1930) was an American sculptor born in Richmond, Virginia. He studied in Europe—in Paris with Thomas Couture and François Jouffroy, in Italy under Bonanti, and with August Kiss in Berlin. He briefly headed the Valentine Richmond History Center, which was founded by his brother, Mann S. Valentine Jr. The Wickham-Valentine House, part of the Valentine Museum in Richmond is on the National Register of Historic Places and was named for him and his brother. He died on October 19, 1930, in Richmond, Virginia.

Works

• Recumbent Lee, marble, Lexington, Virginia, 1875
• Stonewall Jackson Monument, bronze. Lexington Virginia, 1891
• Matthew Fontaine Maury bronze, 1869
• Statue of Williams Carter Wickham, bronze. Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia, 1891, toppled June 2020
• General Hugh Mercer Monument, Washington Avenue Historic District, 1906
• Robert E. Lee, Virginia Museum of History & Culture of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, 1909, removed from the United States Capitol, Washington D.C. December 2020
• Thomas Jefferson, marble, Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, 1894
• Jefferson Davis Memorial, bronze, Richmond, Virginia, 1907, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1911
• John James Audubon, bronze, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910

References

• Cocke, Edward J., Monumental New Orleans, LaFayette Publishers, New Orleans, 1968
• Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1986
• Edward Virginius Valentine Sculpture Studio Timeline

External links

• Media related to Edward Valentine at Wikimedia Commons