Edward Francis McCartan
American, 1879–1947
Pan Fountain, 1917
Bronze, dark brown patina
15 H. x 5 W. x 4 D. inches
Signed on base: © E. McCATAN (misspelled by foundry)
Inscribed ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-
Edward Francis McCartan
American, 1879–1947
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1934
Terracotta, mounted on wood base
11 3/4 H. x 6 1/2 W. x 7 D. inches
Signed and dated verso: E. McCartan / 1934
Edward Francis McCartan
American, 1879–1947
Diana, 1924
Bronze, dark brown patina with parcel gilt ribbon and crescent in hair
23 H. x 14.25 W. x 9.75 D. inches
Signed on base: E. McCARTAN / 1924
Inscribed on base: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.
Labels underneath: 3 labels from the 17th International Exposition of Art in 1930 in Venice, Item #179
Edward Francis McCartan
American, 1879–1947
Female Torso
Bronze, green patina
8 H. inches
Edward Francis McCartan
American, 1879–1947
Female Torso
Bronze with Brown patina
8 H. inches
Edward McCartan (American, 1879–1947)
Seated Greyhound, circa 1923
Silvered bronze on period marble base
12 ¼ H. x 9 ¼ W. x 4 ½ D. inches
Signed on base: E. McCARTAN
Inscribed on base: R-B-W-
Overall height with base: 13 inches
Born in Albany, New York, Edward McCartan studied at the Pratt Institute, with Herbert Adams. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York with George Grey Barnard and Hermon Atkins MacNeil, and then in Paris for three years under Jean Antoine Injalbert before his return to the United States in 1910.
In 1914, McCartan became the Director of the sculpture department of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York City. Eleanor Mary Mellon was among those he taught during his career.
Posthumously honored by the National Sculpture Society, his public monuments were few—but the Eugene Field Memorial (“Winken, Blinken, and Nod”) can still be found in the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago.
McCartan’s sculpture, The Nude, was stolen from the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Michigan and was discovered at the bottom of the Detroit River eight years later.
Other work can be found at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building, a national historic site in Newark, New Jersey includes pilasters by the artist. He worked on a pediment for the Department of Labor Building, in 1934 to 1935.
He died in New Rochelle, New York, September 20, 1947 and is buried at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York.