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 Leonard McMurry - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK Posted by:  Max and 99
N 35° 32.020 W 097° 32.292
14S E 632524 N 3933210
Final resting place of prolific sculptor Leonard McMurry, whose western figurative pieces are on display across the United States
Waymark Code: WMHZQ2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2013
Views: 2
The final resting place of sculptor Leonard McMurry is at the north side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the east end of the section.
He has a beautiful upright marker with a small sculpture Of Jesus with children on one end, a vase and etching of praying hands on the other.
Text on marker:
Leonard Doyle McMurry
June 23, 1913
Jan. 13, 2008
LaRee
May 8, 1934
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Leonard McMurry, Sculptor
Major Works Include:
"Buffalo Bill"
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum - OKC
"Praying Hands"
Oral Roberts University Tulsa
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Description:
Born in Memphis, Texas, June 23, 1913, Leonard McMurry became one of Oklahoma's most prolific sculptors of the twentieth century. He first studied at West Texas State College under Isabelle Robinson and also attended Texas A&M University. At Washington University, in St. Louis, he earned several scholarships and medals as well as a degree in fine arts. In 1940-41 he studied abroad, where in 1941 his work received Honorable Mention in the Prix de Rome competition. Then came a four-year stint in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1945 he married Maurine Pointer. After the war McMurry resumed his studies in St. Louis under sculptor Carl Mose and later moved to Syracuse University (New York) in 1949-52 to study under Yugoslavian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. McMurray came to Oklahoma in 1955.
Over a lengthy career McMurry showed his bronzes, which are primarily figurative, in many venues, from Oklahoma City to St. Louis to New York City. In 1952 his work was included in the National Sculpture Society show in New York. Among his works in Oklahoma are The 89er, at the Oklahoma City Civic Center, The Legend of the Great Westerner (informally called "Buffalo Bill") at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and Healing Hands, at City of Faith Hospital/Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. For the 1982 Diamond Jubilee of Oklahoma statehood he completed a series of twenty-one busts of Oklahoma's governors. He also created fourteen busts for the National Hall of Fame for American Indians, in Anadarko. In 2000 Leonard McMurry resided in Oklahoma City.
(source: digital archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society at link below)
Date of birth: 06/23/1913
Date of death: 01/13/2008
Area of notoriety: Art
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Sunrise to Sunset
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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