The Artist's Father and Mother

Olin Levi Warner

1879, cast 1897–98 · Bronze · The American Wing

Levi (1810-1891) and Sarah Baldwin (1819-1891) Warner, a simple, industrious couple, were farmers and lay preachers. They settled in Westminster Depot, Massachusetts, in 1868, the year before their eldest son Olin began his artistic training in Paris. Warner probably modeled this portrait during one of his frequent visits to his parents in the mid- and late 1870s. The bond between the aged sitters is inferred by the close overlapping of forms and parallel arrangement of facial features. The figures are centered on a subtly textured background. Warner’s trademark cursive inscription sweeps along the edge of the medallion below and to the right of the portraits.

Artist

Olin Levi Warner

Date

1879, cast 1897–98

Medium

Bronze

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of National Sculpture Society, 1898