Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver
2007Scriver, Mary Strachan
368 pages
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1889 Chicago, Illinois - 1966 Westport, Connecticut. Known for: Sculptor-medalist/medallion.
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Laura Gardin Fraser was a sculptor of medals, fountains, and monumental commemorative works. Because of her skill combined with the fact that she was a woman working in a medium dominated by men, she... Read full biography
Laura Gardin Fraser was a sculptor of medals, fountains, and monumental commemorative works. Because of her skill combined with the fact that she was a woman working in a medium dominated by men, she became noteworthy for several reasons. She was the first woman to design a coin for the United... Read full biography
Laura Gardin Fraser was a sculptor of medals, fountains, and monumental commemorative works. Because of her skill combined with the fact that she was a woman working in a medium dominated by men, she became noteworthy for several reasons. She was the first woman to design a coin for the United States Treasury, a commission she won in 1921 with her design for the Alabama Centennial Commemorative half-dollar. In 1926, she was also the first woman to win the Saltus Medal* of the American... Read full biography
Laura Gardin Fraser was a sculptor of medals, fountains, and monumental commemorative works. Because of her skill combined with the fact that she was a woman working in a medium dominated by men, she became noteworthy for several reasons. She was the first woman to design a coin for the United States Treasury, a commission she won in 1921 with her design for the Alabama Centennial Commemorative half-dollar. In 1926, she was also the first woman to win the Saltus Medal* of the American Numismatic Society, the highest award for medal artistry in the United States. She created, among others, the American Numismatic Society Centenary Medal, American Geographic Society Morse Medal, and George Washington Bicentennial Medal. Fraser was born in... Read full biography
Laura Gardin Fraser was a sculptor of medals, fountains, and monumental commemorative works. Because of her skill combined with the fact that she was a woman working in a medium dominated by men, she became noteworthy for several reasons. She was the first woman to design a coin for the United States Treasury, a commission she won in 1921 with her design for the Alabama Centennial Commemorative half-dollar. In 1926, she was also the first woman to win the Saltus Medal* of the American Numismatic Society, the highest award for medal artistry in the United States. She created, among others, the American Numismatic Society Centenary Medal, American Geographic Society Morse Medal, and George Washington Bicentennial Medal. Fraser was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1889. Her mother, Alice Tilton Gardin, was a well-known painter, and her father, John Gardin... Read full biography
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The 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 pagesThe Women of the Cornish Colony, Part II
2002Gilbert, Alma38 pages (color)Cornish Art of the Past Century: Art for Art's Sake
2001Gilbert-Smith, Alma24 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAn Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick405 pagesFootprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire
1996Colby, Virginia Reed; James B. Atkinson526 pagesNorth American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesOne Hundred Years of American Medallic Art, 1845-1945: The John E. Marqusee Collection: Herbert F. Johnson Museum
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Luftschein, Susan98 pagesMasters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994Reynolds, Donald Martin275 pages (color)A Nation's Pride Art in the White House
1992Kloss, William (et al)375 pages (color)The 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, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesA Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986Chetham, Charles; David Grose312 pages (color)Mantle 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 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesAmerican Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer560 pages (color)Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pagesBarry Faulkner: Sketches from an Artist's Life
1973Faulkner, Barry208 pages (color)End of the Trail The Odyssey of a Statue
1973Krakel, Dean196 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1966
1966Editors0 pagesWalters Art Gallery Catalogue of the American Works of Art
1956
(Exhibition catalog)King, Edward S/Marvin C Ross63 pagesHistory of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954Clark, Eliot296 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesCommemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
1925
(Exhibition catalog)National Academy of Design160 pages