Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Leonard McMurry |
Dates & places of birth and death |
1913-2008 |
Occupation |
Artist |
Notes |
Born on a cotton farm in Texas, Leonard Doyle McMurry began painting at an early age, but was self-taught until he entered Washington University, Missouri and received a degree in Fine Arts. After serving in World War II, he was accepted in 1949 as a student at Syracuse University. After moving to Oklahoma City, he became one of the nation’s outstanding sculptors, especially well-known for large monuments. Among his works are the 89’er monument, the Air Force monument, and the statues of Wiley Post and Stanley Draper in the park near the Civic Center in downtown Oklahoma City. He created the statue of Admiral and Mrs. John Kirkpatrick located at the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, the Dean Monnet monument at the OU Law School in Norman, and sculpted busts of nine famous Native Americans for the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians in Anadarko, as well as many of the busts on exhibit at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum. |
