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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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Keywords (27)
Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
Art Style
- •Academic Realism, Munich School
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Statue Sculpture
Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- •Frederick MacMonnies
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Portrait Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Cornish Art Colony, New Hampshire
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •MacDowell Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
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