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| Genre/Form: | Exhibitions |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Aronson, Julie. Bessie Potter Vonnoh. Cincinnati, Ohio : Cincinnati Art Museum ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2008 (OCoLC)608857164 |
| Named Person: | Bessie Potter Vonnoh; Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Julie Aronson; Bessie Potter Vonnoh; Janis C Conner; Florence Griswold Museum.; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.; Cincinnati Art Museum. |
| ISBN: | 9780821418000 0821418009 9780821418017 0821418017 |
| OCLC Number: | 192056170 |
| Notes: | Catalog of an exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn., Oct. 11, 2008-Jan. 11, 2009; the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 7, 2009-May 10, 2009; and the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 2009-Sept. 6, 2009. |
| Description: | xv, 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Julie Aronson ; with an essay by Janis Conner. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"In the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monuments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Her work commanded admiration for her fluid and suggestive modeling, graceful lines, and sculptural form. In 1904 Bessie Potter Vonnoh won the gold medal for sculpture at the St. Louis World's Fair for bronzes of contemporary American women and children that delighted all who saw them." "Although Vonnoh's work is represented today in museums throughout the United States, Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women provides for the first time an intimate and engaging encounter with one of the most widely respected sculptors of her day. Julie Aronson explores how, by concentrating on sculpture for domestic settings that expertly combined naturalism with elegance, Vonnoh negotiated a male-dominated field to create a pathway to professional success and made high-quality sculpture accessible to a wider audience. In an essay that examines Vonnoh's relationship with her foundries and scrutinizes bronze castings, Janis Conner demystifies baffling issues of authenticity and quality in turn-of-the-century bronzes."--BOOK JACKET.
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