Vintage Bronze Seagull Sculpture by William F. Boogar Jr.
SKU:PMA231016Vintage bronze seagull sculpture signed Provincetown artist William F. Boogar (1893-1958). Perfect patina surface. Measures 3-1/2" high by 3" wide by 2-3/4" deep.
About the Artist: William F. Boogar, Jr. (1893-1958) Studied at PAFA and with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown. Member of PAAM and Beachcombers. Exhibited: PAFA, 1922,24,26 (solo),30,32, 36-38. Also at: NAD, AIC, 1928, Paris International, 1937, Salons of America. Works at Children's Fountain, Wawbeck, WI (1950) and most notably the Pilgrim's Landing tablets in Provincetown, MA. Also Frederick Waugh Memorial, memorial to Henry Major. After WW1, he started a foundry in Haddonfield, NJ and became best known for his sculptures of seagulls, often designed as fountains. He also had a foundry in Provincetown at the end of Bangs Street, now is the location of the Beachcombers. Well listed, Who's Who and others.