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1939 Lubbock, Texas - 2020 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Child genre and figure sculpture.
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Glenna Goodacre has become well-known for her bronze sculptures, specializing in sensitive portraits of children in action. Another subject matter is... Read full biography
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Glenna Goodacre has become well-known for her bronze sculptures, specializing in sensitive portraits of children in action. Another subject matter is American Indians including the New Mexico Pueblo Indians exemplified by her depiction of a sacred... Read full biography
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Glenna Goodacre has become well-known for her bronze sculptures, specializing in sensitive portraits of children in action. Another subject matter is American Indians including the New Mexico Pueblo Indians exemplified by her depiction of a sacred ceremony, The Basket Dance. Likely her most important commission is the women's memorial in Washington D.C. commemorating the women who served in the Vietnam War. Another prestigious work, "After the Ride,"... Read full biography
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Glenna Goodacre has become well-known for her bronze sculptures, specializing in sensitive portraits of children in action. Another subject matter is American Indians including the New Mexico Pueblo Indians exemplified by her depiction of a sacred ceremony, The Basket Dance. Likely her most important commission is the women's memorial in Washington D.C. commemorating the women who served in the Vietnam War. Another prestigious work, "After the Ride," a seven-foot high statue of President Ronald Reagan, was unveiled in Fall, 1998 at the Reagan Library in Southern California. She was born in Texas, graduated from Colorado College, and then studied at the Art Students League in New York. From 1983,... Read full biography
With a career spanning nearly five decades, Glenna Goodacre has become well-known for her bronze sculptures, specializing in sensitive portraits of children in action. Another subject matter is American Indians including the New Mexico Pueblo Indians exemplified by her depiction of a sacred ceremony, The Basket Dance. Likely her most important commission is the women's memorial in Washington D.C. commemorating the women who served in the Vietnam War. Another prestigious work, "After the Ride," a seven-foot high statue of President Ronald Reagan, was unveiled in Fall, 1998 at the Reagan Library in Southern California. She was born in Texas, graduated from Colorado College, and then studied at the Art Students League in New York. From 1983, her home has been in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has won numerous awards from the Nationa... Read full biography