Edward Virginius Valentine

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 , and with August Kiss in Berlin. He briefly headed the Valentine Richmond History Center, which was founded by his brother, . 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.^[1] 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, 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, 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

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