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William Mozart McVey (July 12, 1905 – May 30, 1995) was an American sculptor, animalier and teacher. ==Life== He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio when McVey was still in high school. Following his graduation he attended the Cleveland School of Art. He left to attend Rice University, where he played football under Coach Heisman while studying illustration. He returned to art school in Cleveland by did not study sculpture there because "his personality (was) incompatible with that of Herman Matzen, who headed the department." While studying at night he worked for the Gandola Brothers making tombstones. In 1929, a patron financed a "shoe-string' budgeted trip to Paris where he studied with Despiau and Gimond〔Gilbert, Dorothy B., ‘’Who’s Who in American Art 1962’’, R.R. Bowker Company, New York, 1962〕 as well as earning a meager living as one of three American guides at the Louvre Museum. In 1932, after three years in Paris he returned to Cleveland and taught at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Shortly afterwards he was employed by the WPA for whom he created several works using the direct carving approach. Around 1935, McVey returned to Texas to teach at the University of Texas in Austin. During World War II he entered the army and was stationed at Fort Randolph Army Base where he taught "recognition." Called up to explain why his students were being taught art in their classes a test of his student showed that they scored higher in "recognition' tests than student taught in the traditional manner and his approach was subsequently adopted by the other classes.〔Campen, Richard N.,Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio‘‘, West Summit Press, Chagrin Falls, OH, 1980 pp. 45-46〕 Following his discharge from the army McVey, then married to "radical" ceramicist Liza McVey, moved to Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he taught sculpture (1947-1954) and she studied with Maija Grotell.〔Westbrook and Yarowski, ed. ''Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950'', Harry N. Abrams, Publishers in association with the detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983 pp233-235〕 He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 30, 1995. His papers are held at Rice University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Guide to the William M. McVey Papers, 1922-1976 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William McVey (sculptor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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