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sculpture ever produced. What most of these materials have in common is that they are very hard and difficult to work. Beginning in the 1920s Hord was a part of the "direct carving" school of sculpture, meaning that rather than carving from a previously produced model, Hord allowed his work to be
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and the people of Mexico that became powerful influence on his life and art. Believing that he could not survive another winter in damp
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and its attendant librarians. Later in his career he was to produce two large relief panels for the San Diego Public
Library's then-new Central Library building, panels that alluded to several of his interests, notably reading and
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may have been subsequently removed, for its whereabouts are listed as "missing" in the various inventories of Hord’s work.) After moving to San Diego, Hord began the serious study of art. He arrived in 1916, the year that the
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found Hord at the height of his artistic prowess, producing not only many fine smaller works, but also, with the aid of Homer Dana, several large architectural works, notably two large concrete bas-reliefs for the
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his lifelong collection of books and several sculptures in appreciation for the assistance he had received from library's staff over the years. His final commission,
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whom he briefly married. She later became a respected artist in her own right. In 1920, Hord met an ex-US Navy sailor named
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QUINN, KELLY (2013). "I'll pretend that I am going to "art school": Dorr
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