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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Books & Publications (32)
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A Museum of Their Own: National Museum of Women in the Arts
2008
Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole
240 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
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003
Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)
308 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 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
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 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
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
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
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Eagle's Nest Art Colony Collection: Arts Aliance Ogle County
1982
Madden, Betty; Larry Emmons (Foreward)
59 pages (color)
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Women Artists of America 1707-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Gerdts, William H
32 pages
Walters Art Gallery Catalogue of the American Works of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1956
King, Edward S/Marvin C Ross
63 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)
64 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index