A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments, Bessie Vonnoh became one of the female assistant's to Lorado Taft with a group nicknamed the... Read full biography
A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments, Bessie Vonnoh became one of the female assistant's to Lorado Taft with a group nicknamed the "White Rabbits*." They assisted him with large-scale pieces at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair... Read full biography
A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments, Bessie Vonnoh became one of the female assistant's to Lorado Taft with a group nicknamed the "White Rabbits*." They assisted him with large-scale pieces at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Exhibition*. Vonnoh was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved with her family to Chicago where at age twenty one, she enrolled in Taft's sculpture class at the Art Institute of Chicago*. At the World's Fair,... Read full biography
A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments, Bessie Vonnoh became one of the female assistant's to Lorado Taft with a group nicknamed the "White Rabbits*." They assisted him with large-scale pieces at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Exhibition*. Vonnoh was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved with her family to Chicago where at age twenty one, she enrolled in Taft's sculpture class at the Art Institute of Chicago*. At the World's Fair, she was much influenced by the small bronze figures of Russian sculptor Paul Troubetzkoy, and after the Fair, she began doing her own small bronze figures, which became very popular. Encouraged by Taft, she went to Paris in 1895, and on her return,... Read full biography
A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments, Bessie Vonnoh became one of the female assistant's to Lorado Taft with a group nicknamed the "White Rabbits*." They assisted him with large-scale pieces at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Exhibition*. Vonnoh was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved with her family to Chicago where at age twenty one, she enrolled in Taft's sculpture class at the Art Institute of Chicago*. At the World's Fair, she was much influenced by the small bronze figures of Russian sculptor Paul Troubetzkoy, and after the Fair, she began doing her own small bronze figures, which became very popular. Encouraged by Taft, she went to Paris in 1895, and on her return, sculpted her much sought after work, The Young Mother, which was exhibited in 1976 as part of the Whitney Muse... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (64)
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The Art of Oregon: Influence of Eagle's Nest Art Colony and Rediscovered Collection They Left Behind
2016
Simeone, Beth Baker (Author); Bob Logsdon, (Photography; Coleen Logsdon, (Design)
180 pages (color)
A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction
80 pages (color)
Women's Work: The Artistry of the Women of the Cornish Colony (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Gilbert-Smith, Alma (Introduction); Lonnie Pierson Dunbier (Essay)
22 pages (color)
Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women
2008
Aronson, Julie; Essay by Janis Conner
0 pages (color)
The Power of Place: Paintings That Define the American Image (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Gilbert-Smith, Alma; Lonnie Pierson Dunbier and Jo Evarts
23 pages (color)
Walking With Women Through Chicago History II
2007
Hunt, Jean S.
121 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
American Artists Abroad and Their Inspiration: Selections from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum
2004
64 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
American Beauty: Paintings from Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920 (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Beal, Graham
128 pages (color)
The Women of the Cornish Colony, Part II
2002
Gilbert, Alma
38 pages (color)
The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Rice, Sue Sellars
12 pages (color)
110 Years of American Art:1830-1940 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC) (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Spanierman, Deborah (essay)
136 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Cornish Colony: One Hundred Year Celebration Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Gilbert, Alma; James Atkinson
52 pages
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire
1996
Colby, Virginia Reed; James B. Atkinson
526 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists
1994
Bailey, Brooke
207 pages
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910-1960 Selections from the John N. Stern Collection and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Tarbell, Roberta K.
55 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
638 pages
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
National Mus of Women in the Arts
1987
National Museum of Women
253 pages (color)
American Women Artists 1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tufts, Eleanor (others)
256 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Arts of the American Renaissance (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
123 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Sculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984
Craven, Wayne
782 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Artists by Themselves Artist's Portrait's from the National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Design
175 pages (color)
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony Collection: Arts Aliance Ogle County
1982
Madden, Betty; Larry Emmons (Foreward)
59 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers
196 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
Art in the United States Capitol
1976
Editor for Architect of the Capitol
0 pages (color)
The Pennsylvania Academy And Its Women (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Pennsylvania Academy
48 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
Women Historical Survey of Works by Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Hill, M Brawley
60 pages
19th Century America Hundredth Anniversary/Metropolitan Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Howat, John K (others)
220 pages (color)
The Art Colony at Old Lyme 1900-3 (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Connecticut College for Women
67 pages
Women Artists of America 1707-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Gerdts, William H
32 pages
The Story of the Armory Show (Exhibition catalog)
1963
Brown, Milton W
320 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1939
Art Institute of Chicago
110 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1933
Harshe, Robert (Introduction)
215 pages
Art and Artists of the Capitol of the United States of America
1927
Fairman, Charles E
0 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915
Walter, John; Pedro Lemos
112 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)