Bessie Potter Vonnoh
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh (August 17, 1872 – March 8, 1955) was an American sculptor best known for her small bronzes, mostly of domestic scenes, and for her garden fountains. Her stated artistic objective, as she told an interviewer in 1925, was to “look for beauty in the every-day world, to catch the joy and swing of modern American life.”[1]
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh | |
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Born | Bessie Onahotema Potter (1872-08-17)August 17, 1872 |
Died | March 8, 1955(1955-03-08) (aged 82) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sculpture |
Spouse(s) | Robert Vonnoh (1899–1933, until his death) Edward L. Keyes (1948–1949, until his death) |
Elected | National Academy of Design (1921) American Academy of Arts and Letters (1931) |
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