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Evelyn Beatrice Longman BIOGRAPHY
1874 Winchester, Ohio - 1954 Osterville, Massachusettes. Known for: Allegorical figure and monumental sculpture, portrait busts.
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A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and... Read full biography
A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design*. She was... Read full biography
A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design*. She was born in a log cabin on a farm near Winchester, Ohio, one of six children, and had to pay for her own art education. She worked during the days at a wholesaler in Chicago and took night classes at the... Read full biography
A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design*. She was born in a log cabin on a farm near Winchester, Ohio, one of six children, and had to pay for her own art education. She worked during the days at a wholesaler in Chicago and took night classes at the Chicago Art Institute* where she graduated with top honors. She then had teaching positions and worked with noted sculptors Isodore Konti, Herman MacNeil, and Lorado Taft. Her work caught the attention of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the... Read full biography
A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design*. She was born in a log cabin on a farm near Winchester, Ohio, one of six children, and had to pay for her own art education. She worked during the days at a wholesaler in Chicago and took night classes at the Chicago Art Institute* where she graduated with top honors. She then had teaching positions and worked with noted sculptors Isodore Konti, Herman MacNeil, and Lorado Taft. Her work caught the attention of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, and she became his only female assistant while continuing to do her own pieces. Victory, an allegor... Read full biography
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E B L Batchelder, Evelyn Batchelder
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A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design*.
She was born in a log cabin on a farm near Winchester, Ohio, one of six children, and had to pay for her own art education. She worked during the days at a wholesaler in Chicago and took night classes at the Chicago Art Institute* where she graduated with top honors.
She then had teaching positions and worked with noted sculptors Isodore Konti, Herman MacNeil, and Lorado Taft. Her work caught the attention of Daniel Chester French, sculpto...But wait, there's more...
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