A female sculptor able to support herself with her allegorical figure work, Evelyn Longman was highly prolific and did numerous commissions for monuments, memorials, public buildings, and expositions. She was the first woman sculptor elected a full member of the National Academy of Design.
She was born in a log cabin on a farm near Winchester, Ohio, one of six children, and had to pay for her own art education. She worked during the days at a wholesaler in Chicago and took night classes (showing 500 of 4694 characters). |
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San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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