Matchett Herring Coe
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Matchett Herring Coe (1907 - 1999) was an American sculptor active in Texas.
Coe was born in Loeb (now Lumberton), Texas and lived in the Beaumont area most of his life. He graduated from Lamar College, attended Cranbrook Educational Community and served with the Seabees on Guadalcanal during World War II, but was active as a sculptor before the war.
Several of his best known works include his 1936 commissioned sculpture of Confederate hero Richard W. Dowling at Sabine Pass, Texas for the Texas Centennial, and his 1939 cenotaph commemorating school children killed in an explosion at New London, Texas.
Coe's architectural work can be seen on the Houston City Hall (with Raoul Josset), reliefs on the Fondren Library at Rice University, Lamar University, the Houston Zoo, and many other buildings in Southeast Texas. Coe also created the statue of the Texas Confederate Veteran featured at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi. His works have been featured at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
