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1873 Oshkosh, Wisconsin - 1916 New York City. Known for: Bas relief sculpture and portrait painting.
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Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears. by Mary Hiles. Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of... Read full biography
Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears. by Mary Hiles. Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of medical pioneer Dr. William Morton); New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (bas-relief of composer... Read full biography
Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears. by Mary Hiles. Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of medical pioneer Dr. William Morton); New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (bas-relief of composer Edward MacDowell); and other national and state collections. Her nine-foot statue of temperance leader Frances Willard is the only sculpture of a woman by a woman in the Hall of Statuary in the nation's... Read full biography
Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears. by Mary Hiles. Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of medical pioneer Dr. William Morton); New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (bas-relief of composer Edward MacDowell); and other national and state collections. Her nine-foot statue of temperance leader Frances Willard is the only sculpture of a woman by a woman in the Hall of Statuary in the nation's capitol. The Fountain of Life, the musical which celebrates Willard's life, is also the title of one of Mears's major works. Mears was the youngest of three daughters born to John and Mary Elizabeth Mears. (The latter was a poet, author and... Read full biography
Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears. by Mary Hiles. Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of medical pioneer Dr. William Morton); New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (bas-relief of composer Edward MacDowell); and other national and state collections. Her nine-foot statue of temperance leader Frances Willard is the only sculpture of a woman by a woman in the Hall of Statuary in the nation's capitol. The Fountain of Life, the musical which celebrates Willard's life, is also the title of one of Mears's major works. Mears was the youngest of three daughters born to John and Mary Elizabeth Mears. (The latter was a poet, author and Wisconsin's first native playwright. In 1858, she wrote a play based on the life of the Indian Chief Blackhawk, which played... Read full biography
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Biography of Helen Farnsworth Mears
by Mary Hiles
Helen Farnsworth Mears was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1871 and went on to gain national recognition. Her works are in the Smithsonian (bust of medical pioneer Dr. William Morton); New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (bas-relief of composer Edward MacDowell); and other national and state collections. Her nine-foot statue of temperance leader Frances Willard is the only sculpture of a woman by a woman in the Hall of Statuary in the nation's capitol. The Fountain of Life, the musical which celebrates Willard's life, is also the title of one of Mears's major works.
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