Sculptor
Centurion, 1893–1896
Born 9 April 1844 in Suffield, Connecticut
Died 14 August 1896 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Mount Hope Cemetery
, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Proposed by John Q. A. Ward, Eastman Johnson, and John La Farge
Elected 6 May 1893 at age forty-nine
Century Memorial
American art suffered a great loss in the death of Olin L. Warner, a sculptor of the first rank, whose work was individual, serious, picturesque, and worthy of a place among the finest productions of the plastic art. In spite of early discouragement and lack of means to pursue his studies, he never faltered or swerved from the end in view, but, with the singleness and tenacity of an artist conscious of the genuineness of his inspiration, followed his chosen path, which led him to fame and assured success.
He was a direct, earnest, high-minded man, gentle and companionable, clear in his perceptions, with a rectitude of character, combined with a generosity of nature that made him most attractive to his friends for his self-forgetfulness and lack of egotism. He has left in his productions the evidences of his high ideals and his capacity for their realization; but the large circle of his friends and admirers mourn at the untimely chance that closed his career when there was such a prospect of brilliant accomplishment before him.
Henry E. Howland
1897 Century Association Yearbook
