Branly Cadet
{{Short description|American sculptor}}
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| birth_date = {{circa|1966}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| training = Cornell University
New York Academy of Art
| field = Sculpting
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Branly Cadet (born {{circa|1966}}) is an American sculptor who is trained in the classical tradition of both figurative and portrait sculpture.
Born and raised in New York City, Cadet trained from Cornell University and the New York Academy of Art as well at the Vaugel Sculpture Studio and L'Ecole Albert Defois in France. He is descended from Haitian visual artist Georges Liautaud.
Cadet has work places in both Oakland, California and New York City. Along with creating his own art work, also accepts sculpture commissions.{{cite web |title=About Branly Cadet |url=https://www.branlycadet.com/bio |website=branlycadet.com}}
Public art works
Amongst Cadet's commissioned public artwork are:
- A statue of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in Harlem. Powell was the first African-American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Northeast, representing the State of New York.{{cite news |last1=Siesel |first1=Nancy |title=A Voice of Harlem Is Remembered |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C0DE6D7103AF93BA25751C0A9639C8B63.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 18, 2005}}
- A memorial to Octavius V. Catto, a 19th-century civil rights activist and educator, outside Philadelphia City Hall. It was the first monument dedicated to an African-American on Philadelphia public property.{{cite news |last1=Salisbury |first1=Stephan |title=Octavius Catto statue: Nineteenth-century African American leader finally to be honored |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20160610_City_Hall_gets_its_first_new_statues_since_Wanamaker_in_1923.html |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=June 9, 2016}}
- Statues of Sandy Koufax and Jackie Robinson, Hall of Fame players for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, outside the entrance of the centerfield plaza at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Dave |title=Sandy Koufax statue unveiled by Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium entrance |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/06/19/sandy-koufax-statue-unveiled-los-angeles-dodgers-dodger-stadium-entrance-cincinnati-bearcats/7675941001/ |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=June 20, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Shea |first1=John |title=Oakland sculptor's statue captures Jackie Robinson's fiery spirit |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/shea/article/Oakland-sculptor-s-statue-captures-Jackie-11110655.php#photo-12812127 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 1, 2017}}
- A memorial to African-American community activists, in Montgomery, Alabama, who worked to memorialize and document victims of lynching within their communities.{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Debbie |title=A civil rights memorial in Alabama expands to document lynching victims' stories |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/21/1093573398/equal-justice-initiative-civil-rights-lynching-memorial-alabama |website=NPR |date=April 21, 2022}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography|Visual Arts}}
- {{Official website|https://www.branlycadet.com/}}
- [https://www.philasun.com/local/sculptor-scholar-branly-cadet-101/ "The Sculptor and the Scholar"] by Kendall Alexander, The Philadelphia Sun.
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Category:African-American sculptors
Category:American people of Haitian descent
Category:American male sculptors
Category:American sports sculptors
Category:Artists from New York City
Category:Artists from Oakland, California
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:New York Academy of Art alumni