Arts Playlist: Reflecting on the life and art of renowned local sculptor André Harvey

By Kyle McKinnon

Published December 20, 2024 at 10:41 AM EST

Bobbie Harvey explores the life and art of her late husband and sculptor André Harvey in “André Harvey Sculptor."

For the better part of four decades, American sculptor André Harvey did much of his work in the Brandywine Valley; in Rockland. He created realistic and contemporary sculptures of all sizes, mostly depicting animals, cast in bronze using the lost wax method. Harvey also worked in granite, made collages, painted, and designed sculptural jewelry cast in 18K and 22K gold.

Harvey passed away in 2018 at the age of 76 and in the new book “André Harvey Sculptor,” Bobbie Harvey, André’s wife, maps out his journey as an artist and their life together.

For this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sat down with Bobbie Harvey at her Rockland home to reflect on André Harvey’s work and indelible legacy.

DPM's Kyle McKinnon reflects on local sculptor André Harvey's life and work with Bobbie Harvey

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