death_place death_date training nationality name field birth_date works article_title birth_name
dallas , texas 26 may 2015 italy usa harold f. clayton sculpture , stone carving 9 may 1954 marble cows harold f. clayton
 harold fooshee clayton
harold f. clayton

harold fooshee clayton -lrb- may 9 , 1954 -- may 26 , 2015 -rrb- was a noted sculptor and stone-carver , best known for several sets of life-size sculptures of cows on display at various public sites in texas .
while still in italy , clayton accepted a commission for four sets of five marble cows from for the trammell crow company , a large dallas real estate development concern .
three of the sets now stand in texas at the arboretum at great hills in austin , at las colinas in irving , and at trinity lake park in dallas .
the fourth set is in milwaukee , wisconsin .
a sculpture of a half completed cow , emerging from stone , sits in clayton 's front yard in dallas .
the cows at these sites stand where live cows actually grazed in the recent past .
in fact , the models for the sculptures were made in 1980 from cows standing on the hill where the las colinas cows now appear to graze .
each cow required four tons of marble .
the cows at the arboretum site are much loved by children .
clayton maintained a workshop in dallas and was a member of the stone carvers guild .
he died of lung cancer in 2015 .
