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1878 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania - 1939 Santa Barbara, California. Known for: Portrait bust sculpture, fountains, teaching.
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Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anna Ladd studied drawing and sculpture with Bela Pratt and Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in France with Auguste Rodin. In France, she... Read full biography
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anna Ladd studied drawing and sculpture with Bela Pratt and Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in France with Auguste Rodin. In France, she was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She married Maynard Ladd, a Boston physician, who was in... Read full biography
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anna Ladd studied drawing and sculpture with Bela Pratt and Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in France with Auguste Rodin. In France, she was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She married Maynard Ladd, a Boston physician, who was in charge of the American Red Cross hospital near Toulouse, France during World War I. Her specialty was portrait busts, bas reliefs, public commemorative sculpture including fountains and soldier... Read full biography
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anna Ladd studied drawing and sculpture with Bela Pratt and Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in France with Auguste Rodin. In France, she was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She married Maynard Ladd, a Boston physician, who was in charge of the American Red Cross hospital near Toulouse, France during World War I. Her specialty was portrait busts, bas reliefs, public commemorative sculpture including fountains and soldier monuments. Making a plaster form and then a copper plate, she made life-like facial masks, more than 70 of them, for disfigured World War I soldiers whom she met through her husband's work. Living primarily in Massachusetts but also having a home in Santa... Read full biography
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Anna Ladd studied drawing and sculpture with Bela Pratt and Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in France with Auguste Rodin. In France, she was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She married Maynard Ladd, a Boston physician, who was in charge of the American Red Cross hospital near Toulouse, France during World War I. Her specialty was portrait busts, bas reliefs, public commemorative sculpture including fountains and soldier monuments. Making a plaster form and then a copper plate, she made life-like facial masks, more than 70 of them, for disfigured World War I soldiers whom she met through her husband's work. Living primarily in Massachusetts but also having a home in Santa Barbara, California, Anna Ladd was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the Guild of Boston Artists, the Copley Society,... Read full biography
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Keywords (30)
Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portrait Bust Sculpture
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Copley Society of Boston-
- •National Sculpture Society
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Public Art: Mural, Sculptures, Painting, Architecture in Public Places
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts