Women's Work: The Artistry of the Women of the Cornish Colony
(Exhibition catalog)
2009Gilbert-Smith, Alma (Introduction); Lonnie Pierson Dunbier (Essay)
22 pages (color)
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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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Women's Work: The Artistry of the Women of the Cornish Colony
2009The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesFamous Wisconsin Artists and Architects
2004Levy, Hannah Heidi316 pagesThe Women of the Cornish Colony, Part II
2002Gilbert, Alma38 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesFootprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire
1996Colby, Virginia Reed; James B. Atkinson526 pagesCommunity of Creativity A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Storr, Robert/Tom Wolf103 pages (color)North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesMasters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994Reynolds, Donald Martin275 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesAmerican Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer638 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings612 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesAmerican Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer560 pages (color)The Fair Women
1981Weimann, Jeanne Madeline611 pagesArts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel730 pagesWomen Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pagesBiographical Sketches of American Artists
1972Earle, Helen L370 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesPanama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915Walter, John; Pedro Lemos112 pagesOfficial Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
1904
(Exhibition catalog)Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor)281 pages