September 20, 1921, Sycamore, Ohio
Mother: Hilda Stein, Barbarton, Ohio
Father: Chauncey ‘Floyd’ Cavanaugh, Sycamore, Ohio
3rd of 4 Brothers
Brothers: Dale, Stanley (‘Bud’) and Philip
January 9, 1985, Washington DC
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Specialization in engraving, glaze calculation and ceramic sculpture.
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Part-time Graduate work in Sculpture, Art History and Etching.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. B.F.A. degree.
Undergraduate work with Major in Sculpture.
Ref. Buckeye Scholarship Dormitory Housing
Free lance art work, visiting and studying in the following galleries and museums; Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Corcoran, Detroit, Fogg, Freer, Gardener, Germanic, Metropolitan, Modern, National, Non-Objective Painting, NY, Oriental Institute, Peabody, Phillips, Toledo, and Whitney.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Graduate Study with Assistantship.
Urbana Movement (est. 1933), Urbana, Ohio.
Classic art instruction, literature, spiritual (Swedenborigian), general academics.
Scholarship in Graduate Studies, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI.
*Unable to attend due to personal obligations
Buckeye Scholarship Dorm
Ohio State University
Ohio State University — Art Department
Fellow — Christopher Westoff
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Instructor in ceramic sculpture.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Instructor in lead sculpture.
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
Instructor.
Columbus Museum of Art School, Columbus, Ohio
Instructor.
International Community Artists, New York, NY
National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
Ref. Became a member in 1972 on the recommendations of Gaetano Cesere and Nina Winkel.
Ref. Became a Fellow in 1982
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Served as member of Council for several years during this period.
Elected Second Vice President, Columbus Art League
National Sculpture Society, New York Barrett-Colea Foundry Prize for a Meritorious Sculpture for bonded bronze casting of a portrait head.
Nina (Nina Winkel), 10” x 6” x 9”
Ref. Used for Casting of Nina (Winkel) head.
National Sculpture Society, C. Percival Dietsch Sculpture Prize for Sculpture in the round.
Joy (Stepanie), lead, 19” x 8.5” x 9”
National Sculpture Society, Therese and Edwin W. Richard Memorial Prize for Portrait in the round
Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts, 159th Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, Philadelphia, Ford Foundation Purchase Prize,
Garden Princess, hammered lead, 48” x 14.5” x 7”
Ref. Colorado Fine Arts Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Ref. 1963 Sculpture Center, NYC, NY. Catalog # 5.
Columbus Art League, Frederick W. Schumaker Prize, at the Annual Ohio Ceramic & Sculpture Exhibition,
Goat Head, hammered steel
Ref. Illustrated on the cover of CAL catalog.
Antioch Exhibit, First Prize,
Portrait of Ben, ceramic, 11” approx.
Columbus Art League, Robert W. Schiff Sculpture Prize, at the Annual Ohio Ceramic & Sculpture Exhibition,
El Toro, ceramic, cone 04 matt glaze with under colors, 28” approx.
Ohio State Fair 3rd Prize,
Brown Cat, stoneware, cone 04 matt glazed with under colors, 18” x 8.5” x 4.5”
Columbus Art League, Ceramic Sculpture Prize, at the 5th Annual Ohio Ceramic & Sculpture Exhibition,
Black Cat, ceramic.
ref. 1953 Columbus Gallery of Art Catalog.
Columbus Art League, Robert W. Schiff Sculpture Prize, 17th Ceramic National Traveling Exhibition.
Bear (Brown), stoneware, high fired with brown salt glaze.
ref. Accessioned by the Columbus College of Art and Design.
ref. 1955 Columbus Art League Catalog.
Portrait of R.W. Fletcher, Ceramic bust, 16” x 20” x 8”
National Sculpture Society Purchase Prize, 16th Ceramic National Traveling Exhibition.
Goose, ceramic, cone 04 matt manganese glaze, 19” approx.
ref. Columbus Art League Exhibition
ref. Accessioned by Everson Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Delta Phi Art Honorary
Danse Macabre, ceramic, 22” approx.
ref. 1955 Antioch Catalog # 2
Columbus Art League, Louise Shepard Hengst Memorial Prize,
Trees, oil painting.
Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, Ohio
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University — Hopkins Hall Gallery
Scottsdale, Arizona — “50 Years of American Sculpture”
Hagerstown, Maryland
Gallery of the National Sculpture Society, NYC, NY
ref. Ten Year Retrospective
Swanns Way Gallery, Washington DC
Gregg Galleries, National Arts Club Exhibit
NYC, NY
National Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC
ref. Garden Exhibition
Swann’s Way Studio, Washington DC
Reflecting twice yearly shows
Corkran Gallery, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, Delaware
Atlantic Gallery, Georgetown, Washington DC
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, Michigan.
Southern Hotel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
50 Paintings
Brookgreen Gardens
ref. Exhibit of Pas de Trois — installed in permanent sculpture Garden
Fleischer Museum
Scottsdale, Arizona - "50 Years of American Sculpture"
Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania
United States Information Agency
State Department's Traveling Exhibition of American Artists
This show traveled through Central and Eastern Europe and the USSR.
Columbus Art League Show,
Bird, color engraving
Golden Hen, wood sculpture
ref. Bird received Honorable Mention
Columbus Art League Show,
Lady with Fan, oil painting
Columbus Art League Show,
Indian Mother, oil painting
Columbus Art League Show,
Dancer, oil painting
Angel, sculpture
ref. Dancer named number one painting Columbus Citizen Report.
Winkel Sculpture Center, John Platt Fine Arts Building, State University New York, Plattsburg, NY
Nina, bronze head.
*Posthumous placement.
Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina,
Pas de Trois
*Posthumous placement.
Washington Museum of Art, Hagerstown, Maryland,
Standing Female, bronze.
*Posthumous placement.
Collection of the Republic of France, Paris, France
Pas de Trois, bronze, edition 3/18
Ref. Presented to President Jacques Chirac by President Bill Clinton.
Canterbury, bronze
Ref. Presented to Madame Jacques Chirac by First Lady Hillary Clinton.
*Posthumous placements.
National Collection of Egypt
Black Serpentine Cat, bronze, edition 8/24
Ref. Presented to President Mobarac by President Bill Clinton
*Posthumous placement.
Colorado Springs Museum of Fine Arts, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
Garden Princess, hammered lead.
Grinnell College Permanent Art Collection, Grinnell, Iowa,
Unicycle, ceramic,
Resting Dancer, bronze.
Corkran Art Gallery, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, Delaware
Boar, hammered lead
Everson Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY,
Goose, ceramic
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio,
Boy in Sling Chair, ceramic.
Harrison Smith Park, John Cavanaugh Memorial, Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Siren, life-size bronze figure.
United States Arboretum, Kay Lahr Memorial, Friendship Garden, Washington DC
Demeter, Goddess of Agriculture, hammered lead figure.
Seward Square, Washington DC, Olive Risley Seward Memorial,
Olive Risley Seward, hammered lead
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
Ode to Golden, hammered lead
Gift of the Artist
Johnson Manufacturing Co. Urbana, Ohio, Charles Johnson Collection
Mason, bronze.
Terry Traveling, ceramic.
National Cathedral, Washington DC , Office of the Bishop
Moses, hammered lead.
Angel, hammered lead.
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, Claude Horan, c/o Ceramics Dept.
Negro, ceramic, black slip on shale. 11” approx
Economists, Inc., Washington DC
The Traveler, bronze.
Boy with Rock, bronze.
Posthumous placement.
Marriott Corporation, La Jolla, California,
Interwoven Lives, life-size dancing figures, bronze.
Posthumous placement.
Marriott Corporation, Torrance, California,
Odette de Crecy, life-size dancing figure, bronze.
Pas de Trois, life-size dancing figures. bronze.
Marriott Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina,
Pas de Deux, life-size dancing figures, hammered lead.
Marriott Corporation, Hunt Valley, Maryland,
Ballerina, life-size dancing figure, hammered lead.
Ballet Imperial, life-size dancing figure, hammered lead.
Marriott Corporation, Anaheim, California,
Allegro, life-size dancing figures, hammered lead.
1801–1803 Swann St. NW, Washington, DC
7 bas-reliefs, hammered lead
ref. Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past’
1614 Corcoran Street, Washington, DC
Nina and the Saint, bas-relief, hammered lead, mounted above door entrance.
Saint Thomas Church, Washington DC
Altar Cross, silver plated lead.
2 Candlesticks (match to Cross), silver plated lead.
1736 Corcoran St. NW, Washington DC
Tympanum, bas-relief, hammered lead, mounted above door entrance.
Landmark Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland,
Abstractions of Underwater Forms, triptych of three hammered lead bas-reliefs
Crowne Tower Apartments, New Haven, Connecticut
Toreador with Bull, life-size full-round hammered lead.
Cirrus, life-size full-round hammered lead.
National Sculpture Society Exhibitions, New York, NY, John Cavanaugh Memorial Prize.
Ongoing annual cash award given to participating sculptors.
Ref. Est. and sponsored by the John Cavanaugh Foundation, Washington DC
American Sculpture Exhibitions, Foothills Arts Center, Golden, Colorado,John Cavanaugh Memorial Prize.
Ongoing annual cash award given to participating sculptors.
ref. Est. by Foothills Art Center; sponsorship assumed 1988 by the John Cavanaugh Foundation, Washington DC
6th Annual North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado.