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American sculptor
Mary Ethelwyn Moore (April 28, 1887, or 1881
[1] – 1967) was an American sculptor and teacher born in
Taunton, Massachusetts , best known for her fountains, including the Small Child Fountain
[2] located in the
Boston Public Garden ,
[3] busts, and relief portraits. She studied sculpture at the school of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts with
Bela Pratt ,
Charles Grafly ,
[4] and
F. E. Elwell
[4] and she also taught there and at the
Beaver Country Day School .
Among her students was
Brenda Putnam .
[5]
Moore was a member of the
National Sculpture Society and showed at their 1929 exhibition.
[6]
References
^ McGlauflin, Alice Coe, ed., ‘’Who’s Who in American Art 1938-1939” vol.2, The American Federation of Arts, Washington D.C., 1937 pp. 370-371
^ Moore, Mary E. (1 January 1929).
"Small Child Fountain" – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
^ Carlock, Marty, A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth, The Harvard Common Press, Boston MA, 1988 p. 36
^
a
b Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 505
^ Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens, 1968 p.244
^ National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, The National Sculpture Society 1929, p.231