Dudley Vaill Talcott (June 9, 1899 – February 19, 1986) was an American sculptor, author and illustrator. He was born in

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. Talcott's uncle was Allen Butler Talcott, an American

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and his daughter Jane Allen Talcott is a respected painter. He studied for one year at

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's Art School before moving to

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in 1920 when he took instruction at the Academié de la Grande Chaumière. in Paris, France. In 1925 Talcott traveled to Norway where he stayed on and off for six years. From this experience came two books, ''Noravind'' (1929) and ''Report of the Company'' (1936). He provided the illustrations for both publications. Also in 1936 he published ''North of North Cape'' (aka ''The Arctic Voyages of the Norkap II'') which also featured his drawings. In 1932 he married Martha Isaksen, a Norwegian. In 1932 sculpture was still an

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competition and Talcott had two pieces entered in the

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that year. He did not win any medals. For the New York World's Fair of 1939 Talcott produced "panels, figures, etc.". In 1973 he produced a work ''Kopernik'' to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of the

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astronomer

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that is located on

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.Fairmount Park Art Association, ''Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia’s treasures in Bronze and Stone'', Walker Publishing Co, Inc., New York, 1974 p.339 Talcott died in 1986 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talcott, Dudley 1899 births 1986 deaths Artists from Hartford, Connecticut Sculptors from Connecticut Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics American expatriates in Norway 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors