This exhibition spotlights a selection of Bessie Potter Vonnoh’s small sculpture and garden statuary, which portrays women as both icons of beauty and moral guardians of the family and home.
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Allegresse
ca. 1930, bronze,
251/2 x 23 x 121/2. Collection Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. |
Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women
Through January 11, 2009
The Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, Connecticut
(860) 434-5542
An illustrated catalogue is available. This exhibition spotlights a selection of Bessie Potter Vonnoh’s small sculpture and garden statuary, which portrays women as both icons of beauty and moral guardians of the family and home. The artist was the leading sculptor of American womanhood during her time, and a pioneer among female artists. Presented alongside Vonnoh’s sculptures is a portrait of the artist at work, painted by her husband Robert Vonnoh.