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His wife Gladys B. Morgan died in 1981. Arthur C. Morgan died on September 9, 1994, in Shreveport, after which much of his work was reportedly thrown away or abandoned, though some was later recovered and put in storage. Morgan, his wife Gladys and their daughter Cynthia are buried together in the
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Morgan began exhibiting his work at age fifteen. At least one critic called him a "boy prodigy." At age sixteen in 1920 Morgan was given his first commission, for a bust of physician Simon Baruch (father of financier
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Morgan sculpted many busts and decorative bronzes, among them larger architectural sculptures and marble groups. His work is in private collections and public buildings such as
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The Morgans had two daughters, Diana Morgan Welsh (born 1930) and Cynthia Butler Morgan (born 1932). Cynthia died in May 1936 following a house fire. For his daughter's
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In 1975, after leasing their Shreveport property and furnishings to Max Edmonson, president of the Shreveport Boys choir, Morgan and his wife moved to
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for some of his sculpting projects. However these plans fell through and they came back to the United States in January 1978.
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political and business figures. Morgan's work can be seen across his home state of Louisiana and in the
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R. B. Butler, judge, originally at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse, Houma Louisiana, 1936.
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same family plot at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport. His grave is unmarked.
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Stone carvings, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
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on models for the project, it ended at that stage owing to funding woes.
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Fountain figures, Bossier Center and Kilpatrick Life Insurance Building.
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artist Gladys Butler (born 1899), whom he married on July 26, 1929, in
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Peter Bonneau Jr., memorial medallion, Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 1947
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In 1928 Morgan went back to Louisiana to begin work on a proposed
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S.D. Morehead, memorial, Centenary College campus, 1957.
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monument, Riverfront Pkwy, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1967.
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Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (New York City) alumni
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