Edward Virginius Valentine

For other people named Edward Valentine, see Edward Valentine (disambiguation).

Profile portrait of Edward 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.

Edward Valentine Studio Postcard

Stonewall Jackson Monument, Lexington, Virginia

Washington Duke in Durham, NC

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, National Statuary Hall Collection from the state of Virginia, marble, United States Capitol, Washington D.C., 1909
• Thomas Jefferson, marble, Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, 1894
• Jefferson Davis, Monument Avenue, bronze, Richmond, Virginia, 1907, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1911
• John James Audubon, bronze, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910

Recumbent statue of General Robert E. Lee, Lexington, Virginia, 1915

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