David Esterly: May 10, 1944 – June 15, 2019
Donations may be made in David’s memory to:
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust: https://tughilltomorrowlandtrust.org
Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.: https://hospicecareinc.org
News
Economist Obituary
The master wood-carver, devoted to the style of Grinling Gibbons…
New York Times Obituary
CBS News
The delicate craft of wood carver David Esterly
Financial Times
“US limewood carver David Esterly whose master died 300 years ago”: article by Jonathan Foyle
The Times Literary Supplement
“To be Shaped by the Wood”: review by Jenny Uglow
The Magazine Antiques
“Lost (and found) illusions”: David Esterly’s article on painted and carved letter racks.
The Magazine Antiques
“Thomas Jefferson’s Letter Rack”: article by Elizabeth Pochoda
Final Commission
2019
“Dr. Compton’s Letter Rack”
For Chrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville AR.
On view from July 26, 2019-August 19, 2019.
Subsequent viewing to be determined.
Exhibitions
September 6 — December 10, 2017
Innovative Approaches, Honored Traditions: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
Hamilton College
Clinton NY
September 13, 2014 — January 18, 2015
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR
January 29 – March 10 2013
The Art of Subtraction: Carvings by David Esterly
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute
310 Genesee Street
Utica NY 13502
January 8 – January 18 2013
The Art of Subtraction: Limewood Carvings by David Esterly
W. M. Brady and Company
22 East 80th Street
New York NY 10075