William André Harvey (October 9, 1941 – February 6, 2018)[1] was an American sculptor whose realistic and contemporary works are primarily cast in bronze using lost-wax casting. Harvey also worked in granite, collage, painting, and produced intricate sculptural jewelry cast in gold. He worked in the Brandywine Valley, in Rockland near Wilmington, Delaware.[2]
Harvey was born in Hollywood, Florida and raised in Pocopson, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Virginia[1] in 1963.[3] In 1969, after working both as a journalist and an educator, he and his wife, Bobbie quit their jobs in search of a life change and traveled through Europe and Morocco. During this period, Harvey met and worked with abstract sculptor Michel Anasse,[4] in Vallauris, France, which resulted in his focus on sculpture as a career.[5]
Once back in the US, Harvey began creating small and large-scale realistic sculptures inspired by his childhood growing up in rural Pocopson, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Harvey's first high-profile exposure was the exhibition of five sculptures for the five windows at Tiffany & Company, New York.[5] Since that time, in a career spanning over four decades, Harvey has produced an extensive volume of work[6] which has been purchased by numerous public and private collections, and has been featured in exhibitions both nationally and internationally.
He was a Fellow and former board member of the National Sculpture Society, New York.[7] Harvey received the National Sculpture Society's Joel Meissner Award and the Tallix Foundry Award.
On June 15 and 16, 2017, the Hagley Museum and Library produced a two part oral history, Interview with André and Bobbie Harvey.[8][9]
Public outdoor sculptures
Botanic Garden Center and Conservatory, Fort Worth, TX[10]
^Interview with André and Bobbie Harvey, Session 1(WAV). Wilmington, DE: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. June 15, 2017. 2017235_Harvey_session1. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
^Interview with André and Bobbie Harvey, Session 2(WAV). Wilmington, DE: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. June 16, 2017. 2017235_Harvey_session2. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
