237:, was carved from a massive block of black granite from Australia, which had originally been imported during the construction of a large Portsmouth high rise. Lyford had purchased the leftover Australian granite to create "The Whale", as well as another landmark Portsmouth monument, "My Mother the Wind", which was installed on Four Tree Island on the city's waterfront in 1975, facing the
241:. "My Mother the Wind", now a city landmark, is composed of seven tons of Australian black granite. According to his son, Matt Lyford, "My Mother the Wind" is an anti-war sculpture which shows a mother and child escaping a battle.
267:. He chose black granite because the color recalls a seabird covered in oil. He originally called the sculpture "Thanks, Exxon", but changed the name to encourage people to remember the costs of environmental, manmade calamities.
663:
142:
in 1947, which marked his first serious artistic endeavour. Lyford relocated to New York City after graduating from
Cornell, where he wrote, directed and produced television commercials for
321:, on January 21, 2016, at the age of 90. His wife, Joan Lyford, whom he married in 1953, died in 2014. He was survived by three children, Matthew Lyford, Julia Lane and Thaddeus Lyford.
638:
618:
648:
643:
598:
693:
628:
545:
202:
during his 23-year tenure at
Phillips Exeter. During this time, he established his art studio, first in a garage in Durham, New Hampshire, and then in an old
673:
135:
218:. Lyford retired from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1986 after a 23-year teaching career as the school. He and his wife then moved to their summer home in
678:
683:
658:
653:
633:
603:
317:
Cabot Lyford died from complications of a heart attack, as well as other illnesses, at
Bodwell Hospice of the Midcoast Senior Health Center in
668:
593:
698:
608:
623:
210:, but also marble and wood as well. One of his first major large sculptures was a wooden sculpture of geese, which was installed at the
22:(May 22, 1925 – January 21, 2016) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of animals and the female figure, often using
613:
84:
688:
112:
458:
274:. A large sculpture of a mother seal and her pup stands outside the main entrance of the Vivian E. Hussey Elementary School in
175:
80:
55:
30:
and the United States. Some of Lyford's best known pieces includes "My Mother the Wind," which was placed on the waterfront in
271:
234:
588:
47:
390:
338:
290:
286:
304:, which prevented him from sculpting during his later life. In 2014, Lyford was the subject of an episode of the
238:
230:
31:
155:
510:
279:
191:
244:
In Maine, one of Lyford's best known sculptures is "Life Force", which stands outside the
Regency Hotel in
264:
43:
550:
515:
463:
395:
195:
171:
92:
51:
26:
and wood as materials. His sculptures are located within public parks, museums and schools throughout
583:
578:
211:
306:
139:
131:
88:
72:
103:. He served in combat as a rifleman, runner and scout, with the 96th Infantry Division during the
99:
for architecture after high school, but left early to enlist in the United States military during
151:
147:
96:
297:
226:
318:
314:
film series profiles Maine artists who have made major artistic contributions to the state.
249:
260:
245:
219:
104:
39:
546:"Quietly, with stone and wood: Maine Masters premieres film about sculptor Cabot Lyford"
275:
199:
310:
called "Cabot Lyford: Portrait of a Man as Artist", by filmmaker Dale
Schierholt. The
278:. His pieces have also been installed at museums in neighboring states, including the
186:
Lyford transitioned from television back to the arts in 1963, when he was hired as an
572:
215:
207:
198:. He eventually became the head of the academy's art department and director for the
23:
203:
120:
100:
158:, in 1957, where Lyford was hired to create educational television programming at
187:
108:
206:. This allowed him to begin his focus on large sculptures, often crafted from
222:, on Pemaquid Harbor, which the couple had originally purchased for $ 7,000.
301:
127:
116:
35:
270:
Elsewhere in Maine, his sculptures can be found within the terminal at the
42:. Examples of his work are housed within the permanent collections of the
248:. The sculpture, which was created from seven tons of black granite from
126:
He re-enrolled at
Cornell University in January 1946 with the aid of the
34:, in 1975, and "Life Force," a seven-ton dolphin sculpture created from
167:
159:
256:
27:
154:. He married his wife, Joan Richmond, in 1957. They relocated to
255:"Remember", a black granite sculpture of a goose, stands in the
134:
in 1950. Prior to graduating from
Cornell, Lyford completed the
163:
143:
300:, where he kept his studio for many years. He suffered from
263:. Lyford created "Remember" in the aftermath of the 1989
225:
Lyford maintained art studios in both New
Hampshire and
229:. Four of his large, public sculptures can be found in
79:
Cabot) Lyford. He was raised in the nearby village of
38:granite, which stands outside the Regency Hotel in
664:Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni
259:garden at the headquarters of Maine Audubon in
252:, shows three dolphins leaping from the water.
639:People from Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
504:
502:
285:museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the
8:
619:United States Army personnel of World War II
500:
498:
496:
494:
492:
490:
488:
486:
484:
482:
453:
451:
449:
447:
445:
443:
441:
439:
437:
435:
433:
649:People from Waverly, Tioga County, New York
539:
537:
535:
533:
431:
429:
427:
425:
423:
421:
419:
417:
415:
413:
384:
382:
380:
194:, a selective private school, and moved to
644:Artists from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
599:Television producers from New York (state)
378:
376:
374:
372:
370:
368:
366:
364:
362:
360:
339:"Cabot Lyford Obituary - Brunswick, Maine"
136:Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
511:"Maine sculptor Cabot Lyford dies at 90"
391:"Maine sculptor Cabot Lyford dies at 90"
330:
694:Television producers from Pennsylvania
629:Artists from Cambridge, Massachusetts
7:
166:affiliate. He also helped to launch
674:Screenwriters from New York (state)
233:. "The Whale", which now stands in
130:, switched majors, and received a
85:Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
83:before moving with his parents to
75:, to Frederic Eugene and Eleanor (
14:
111:. He was transferred to the Army
679:Screenwriters from Massachusetts
509:Truax, Tammi (January 2, 2015).
684:Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
659:Phillips Exeter Academy faculty
654:People from Sayre, Pennsylvania
634:People from Scarsdale, New York
389:Keyes, Bob (January 23, 2016).
176:New Hampshire Public Television
115:in early 1945 and stationed in
56:Ogunquit Museum of American Art
544:Kany, Daniel (June 24, 2016).
272:Portland International Jetport
1:
604:American television directors
669:Sculptors from Massachusetts
594:Sculptors from New Hampshire
699:United States Army soldiers
609:American television writers
71:Lyford was born in 1925 in
48:Colby College Museum of Art
715:
624:People from Bristol, Maine
291:New Bedford, Massachusetts
287:New Bedford Whaling Museum
614:Cornell University alumni
296:Lyford was a resident of
239:Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
231:Portsmouth, New Hampshire
190:and sculpture teacher by
32:Portsmouth, New Hampshire
689:Screenwriters from Maine
156:Cambridge, Massachusetts
95:in 1942. He enrolled in
459:"Cabot Lyford obituary"
192:Phillips Exeter Academy
265:Exxon Valdez oil spill
44:Portland Museum of Art
551:Portland Press Herald
516:The Portsmouth Herald
464:Portland Press Herald
396:Portland Press Herald
196:Exeter, New Hampshire
172:Durham, New Hampshire
119:for the remainder of
93:Scarsdale High School
67:Early life and career
52:Farnsworth Art Museum
212:Mount Sunapee Resort
91:. He graduated from
132:Master of Fine Arts
89:Scarsdale, New York
73:Sayre, Pennsylvania
589:Artists from Maine
467:. January 29, 2016
345:. January 28, 2016
152:advertising agency
148:J. Walter Thompson
97:Cornell University
298:New Harbor, Maine
227:New Harbor, Maine
182:Art and sculpture
140:artists residency
81:Waverly, New York
16:American sculptor
706:
563:
562:
560:
558:
541:
528:
527:
525:
523:
506:
477:
476:
474:
472:
455:
408:
407:
405:
403:
386:
355:
354:
352:
350:
335:
319:Brunswick, Maine
250:Deer Isle, Maine
714:
713:
709:
708:
707:
705:
704:
703:
569:
568:
567:
566:
556:
554:
543:
542:
531:
521:
519:
508:
507:
480:
470:
468:
457:
456:
411:
401:
399:
388:
387:
358:
348:
346:
337:
336:
332:
327:
261:Falmouth, Maine
220:Pemaquid, Maine
184:
105:Battle of Leyte
69:
64:
40:Portland, Maine
17:
12:
11:
5:
712:
710:
702:
701:
696:
691:
686:
681:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
601:
596:
591:
586:
581:
571:
570:
565:
564:
529:
478:
409:
356:
329:
328:
326:
323:
276:Berwick, Maine
200:Lamont Gallery
183:
180:
68:
65:
63:
60:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
711:
700:
697:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
585:
582:
580:
577:
576:
574:
553:
552:
547:
540:
538:
536:
534:
530:
518:
517:
512:
505:
503:
501:
499:
497:
495:
493:
491:
489:
487:
485:
483:
479:
466:
465:
460:
454:
452:
450:
448:
446:
444:
442:
440:
438:
436:
434:
432:
430:
428:
426:
424:
422:
420:
418:
416:
414:
410:
398:
397:
392:
385:
383:
381:
379:
377:
375:
373:
371:
369:
367:
365:
363:
361:
357:
344:
340:
334:
331:
324:
322:
320:
315:
313:
312:Maine Masters
309:
308:
307:Maine Masters
303:
299:
294:
292:
288:
284:
283:
277:
273:
268:
266:
262:
258:
253:
251:
247:
242:
240:
236:
235:Prescott Park
232:
228:
223:
221:
217:
216:New Hampshire
213:
209:
208:black granite
205:
201:
197:
193:
189:
181:
179:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
124:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
74:
66:
61:
59:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
24:black granite
21:
557:February 13,
555:. Retrieved
549:
522:February 13,
520:. Retrieved
514:
471:February 13,
469:. Retrieved
462:
402:February 13,
400:. Retrieved
394:
347:. Retrieved
342:
333:
316:
311:
305:
295:
281:
269:
254:
243:
224:
204:chicken coop
185:
125:
121:World War II
113:Signal Corps
101:World War II
76:
70:
20:Cabot Lyford
19:
18:
584:2016 deaths
579:1925 births
188:art history
162:, Boston's
109:Philippines
87:, and then
573:Categories
343:Legacy.com
325:References
58:in Maine.
54:, and the
302:arthritis
128:G.I. Bill
117:Cebu City
62:Biography
36:Deer Isle
349:July 31,
282:Albacore
246:Portland
168:WENH-TV
160:WGBH-TV
138:summer
107:in the
50:, the
46:, the
257:peony
174:(now
150:, an
28:Maine
559:2016
524:2016
473:2016
404:2016
351:2017
280:USS
146:and
289:in
214:in
178:).
170:in
164:PBS
144:NBC
77:née
575::
548:.
532:^
513:.
481:^
461:.
412:^
393:.
359:^
341:.
293:.
123:.
561:.
526:.
475:.
406:.
353:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.