MacNeil, Carol Brooks – American Sculptor

Carol Brooks MacNeil (American, 1871 to 1944)

Carol Brooks MacNeil studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and assisted Lorado Taft in creating statues for the 1893 World’s Exposition. She continued her studies in Paris under the famous sculptor Frederick MacMonnies and, in 1894, married sculptor Herman A. MacNeil. She exhibited and won awards at later expositions.

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Coutan, Jules Felix – French Sculptor

Jules Felix Coutan (French, 1848 to 1939)

Known for his classically inspired allegorical works, Jules Felix Coutan had a long and successful career as a sculptor and teacher. He studied under Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1814 to 1894) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1871. He debuted in the Salon of 1876, where he won the gold medal. In 1881, Coutan’s proposed plans for a commemorative monument [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ladd, Anna Coleman Watts – American Sculptor

Anna Coleman Watts Ladd (American, 1878 to 1939)

Anna Coleman Watts Ladd was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, She studied in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Charles Grafly and in France with Auguste Rodin. She actively exhibited on both sides of the Atlantic, garnering recognition for her portrait busts, relief panels and soldiers monuments. In France during World War I, she made life masks of the disfigured soldiers she [...] Click here to continue reading.

Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney – American sculptor

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880 to 1980)

Born in Philadelphia in 1880, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth was one of the most esteemed and ground breaking female sculptors of her time. In her youth, she lived and studied in Switzerland, France, and Germany. At the age of 19, at which time she moved to Paris and briefly studied with Auguste Rodin. Following her return to the United States, Frishmuth attended the Art Students League of New [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ball, Thomas – American Artist & Sculptor

Thomas Ball (American, 1819 to 1911)

Thomas Ball, born in Massachusetts the son of a house and sign painter, worked at Moses Kimball’s Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, where he also cut silhouettes. Beginning in 1837, he progressed to miniature, and then life-sized, portraits. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the American Art Union, and the Apollo Art Association. Beginning about 1851, however, Ball focused on sculpture, his most famous being [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ball, Thomas – American Artist & Sculptor

Thomas Ball (American, 1819 to 1911)

Thomas Ball, born in Massachusetts the son of a house and sign painter, worked at Moses Kimball’s Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, where he also cut silhouettes. Beginning in 1837, he progressed to miniature, and then life-sized, portraits. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the American Art Union, and the Apollo Art Association. Beginning about 1851, however, Ball focused on sculpture, his most famous being [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ball, Thomas – American Artist & Sculptor

Thomas Ball (American, 1819 to 1911)

Thomas Ball, born in Massachusetts the son of a house and sign painter, worked at Moses Kimball’s Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, where he also cut silhouettes. Beginning in 1837, he progressed to miniature, and then life-sized, portraits. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the American Art Union, and the Apollo Art Association. Beginning about 1851, however, Ball focused on sculpture, his most famous being [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ball, Thomas – American Artist & Sculptor

Thomas Ball (American, 1819 to 1911)

Thomas Ball, born in Massachusetts the son of a house and sign painter, worked at Moses Kimball’s Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, where he also cut silhouettes. Beginning in 1837, he progressed to miniature, and then life-sized, portraits. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the American Art Union, and the Apollo Art Association. Beginning about 1851, however, Ball focused on sculpture, his most famous being [...] Click here to continue reading.

Ball, Thomas – American Artist & Sculptor

Thomas Ball (American, 1819 to 1911)

Thomas Ball, born in Massachusetts the son of a house and sign painter, worked at Moses Kimball’s Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, where he also cut silhouettes. Beginning in 1837, he progressed to miniature, and then life-sized, portraits. His work was exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the American Art Union, and the Apollo Art Association. Beginning about 1851, however, Ball focused on sculpture, his most famous being [...] Click here to continue reading.

Catlett, Elizabeth – African American artist

Elizabeth Catlett (American, born 1919)

Highly regarded as a sculptor, painter, printmaker and teacher, Catlett has been a major force in the African-American and Mexican art communities. Over her long career, she has used her considerable talent and skill in championing the cause of women, minorities and working people. Born in Washington, DC, she was the child of two teachers. She studied art at Howard University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree and then continued her [...] Click here to continue reading.

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