First-ever Collection of Sculptor André Harvey to be published Sept. 24
Noted Brandywine artist’s “pulsating” depiction of the natural world helped shape artistic and social movements.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 -- Clyde Hill Publishing announces the publication of André Harvey: Sculptor, a beautifully designed artbook that for the first time presents the artist’s extensive collection, complete with stunning photographs, original sketches, and rarely seen commentaries written by the artist. Edited by Harvey’s wife and partner, Bobbie Harvey, the book goes on sale Sept. 24.
A limited collector’s edition, printed in Wilmington, DE, will be available from the publisher and select institutions. A consumer edition will be available wherever books are sold.
André grew up in the country near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. He spent much of his youth in the natural world along the Brandywine River searching for arrowheads from the Lenni Lenape tribe and observing wildlife in its natural habitat. André majored in English at the University of Virginia, where he was enamored with the professors in the English Department and took classes with the novelist John dos Passos.
Bobbie and André Harvey were married in January 1964. As she writes in her opening chapter, “Remembrance,” they moved to New York City, where they absorbed as much as they could from the museums and art galleries and the world of that era. With few financial resources, they later moved to Paris, where André’s artistic vision began to emerge.
As the environmental movement of the 1960s and 70s progressed, Andre’s sculpture would help bring attention to the delights and vulnerabilities of the natural world.
In 1971, at the Grand Opening of the Brandywine Museum of Art at Chadds Ford, Andre and Bobbie met the art dealer Frank E. Fowler from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Fowler represents Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. In 1975, at a party on Lookout Mountain, the couple met Andy Warhol. Two years later, Warhol arrived at André’s exhibition at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga.
In a 2018 obituary, Richard Sandomir of The New York Times detailed Harvey’s immersion in the studio of Michele Anasse, a noted sculptor of welded art works in France.
“The tutelage paid off,” Sandomir writes. “Mr. Harvey became a masterly sculptor of intricately detailed, realistic bronze figures whose works were exhibited by Tiffany & Company in its Fifth Avenue flagship store.” His works were exhibited by prestigious museums and purchased by celebrities including Henry Fonda, Barry Manilow, and Danielle Steel.
From his earliest work to his last, Bobbie was André’s muse, his gallerist, and his sounding board. They were two parts of the same whole, he was fond of saying. Born in New York City and raised in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Bobbie shared André’s love of the natural world as is evident on every page of this book.
“André Harvey: Sculptor is not only a comprehensive collection of André’s timeless work, but a love story ... love of the beauty of the natural world, love of whimsy, love of detail, and love for the person whose hands created the art that brings joy to so many of us,” Paul B. Redman, President and CEO of Longwood Gardens, writes in his foreword to the book.
A comprehensive list of the art of André Harvey that includes all of his work and limited editions will be available at the Archives of the American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
For more information, contact Clyde Hill Publishing at info@clydehillpublishing.com or the André Harvey Studio at info@andreharvey.com.
