Artist Auction Records

Carl Ethan Akeley

Carl Ethan Akeley (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in New York.  Carl Akeley is known for Wild animal sculpture, panoramas.

The following information is from Gene Meier, an art historian from Illinois who specializes in 19th and early 20th century artists who did panoramas, dioramas, and cycloramas. Taxidermy is a part of this study.

Carl Akeley was a taxidermist and sculptor and photographer.  Carl Akeley is talked about BY EVERYONE. He was the father of modern taxidermy. At one point Akeley worked as taxidermist for the Milwaukee Public Museum, which in the 1880s was across the street from William Wehner's panorama studio.

There is a legend that Akeley learned about creating dioramic backgrounds for his taxidermic works from visiting panoramas, especially the two in Milwaukee that were next to one another--Wehner/Heine & Lohr, and Kindt & Gardner ("BATTLE OF VICKSBURG")

He also served as taxidermist for the Field Museum in Chicago, where in 1902, his studies of a family of red deer through the seasons was installed. The installation was begun at Akeley's DeKalb, Illinois   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2722 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 43 auction lots for Carl Ethan Akeley (of which 32 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Carl Ethan Akeley as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Carl Ethan Akeley in 1 of its research Essays. Carl Ethan Akeley has 5 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Carl Ethan Akeley available:    Isidore Konti,  Adolph Alexander Weinman,  Carl Jennewein,  Alexander Phimister Proctor,  Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington,  Richard Reeves,  Augustus Saint-Gaudens,  Bessie Onahotema Potter (Keyes) Vonnoh,  Gaston Lachaise,  Paul Howard Manship,  Edith Barretto (Stevens) Parsons,  Elie Nadelman,  Frederick William MacMonnies,  Boris Lovet-Lorski,  Harriet Whitney Frishmuth,  John Frederick Herring Sr,  Charles (Carl) Schreyvogel,  Theodore Earl Butler,  Marguerite Zorach,  Alexander Pope Jr,  Richard Evett Bishop,  Harvey Thomas Dunn,  John George Brown,  George Copeland Ault