Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden | |
 Natache (left), Moon Haw Haw and Great White Spirit, 2008 | |
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| Location | Boiceville, New York |
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| Nearest city | Kingston |
| Coordinates | 41°59′59″N 74°15′50″W / 41.99972°N 74.26389°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (5,300 m2)[1] |
| Built | 1918–47[1] |
| Architect | Emile Brunel |
| Architectural style | Arts and Crafts |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000909 |
| Added to NRHP | 1999 |
The Emile Brunel Sculpture Garden and Studio, also known as the Totem Indian Trading Post, Le Chalet Indien, and Brunel Park, is located on Da Silva Road, just off the NY 28 state highway, in Boiceville, Town of Olive, New York, United States. It consists of seven sculptures and three buildings.
Brunel was a French immigrant and artist who had become fascinated by the Native American tribes of the West during his travels there in the early 20th century. After a successful career as a photographer he bought a tract of land in the Catskills and built a studio residence and a resort on it, decorated with sculptures inspired by the Native American art he had seen. The resort closed and the statues were relocated soon thereafter when Route 28 was widened through it at the end of World War II, but the sculpture garden remained a popular roadside attraction afterwards.
In 1929 Brunel began construction of a studio residence on the site in the "neo-rustic" or French Arts and Craft style. His wife and daughter (both named Gladyse) kept the sculpture garden maintained after his death in 1944, operating a nearby souvenir shop until 1985. The artist's home and studio remain intact, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
- ^ a b Bonafide, John (January 1999). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2010.