Hord bequeathed to the San Diego Public Library his lifelong collection of books and several sculptures in appreciation for the assistance he had received from library's staff over the years.
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1917 found Hord enrolling in art night classes at San Diego High School, under the tutelage of Anna Valentine, a sculptor and potter who had at one point studied in Paris with Auguste Rodin.
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Because of his poor health Hord was primarily homeschooled, which led to his developing a very personal relationship with the San Diego Public Library and its attendant librarians.
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The years following the end of the Second World War 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 San Diego Public Library's Central Library.
She spent 1928 and 1929 living and working in Samoa, then spent another two years in Europe before resettling in San Diego in 1932, where she married her childhood friend, sculptor Donal Hord.
In 1940, Tajiri received his first lessons in sculpture from Donal Hord.
Dónal Lunny | Donal Logue | Donal Hord | Donal Skehan | Dónal P O'Mathúna | Donal O'Mathuna | Donal Óg Cusack | Donal Lunny | Donal Leahy | Donal Coonan | Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare |