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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830 - 1908) was active/lived in Massachusetts / Italy.  Harriet Hosmer is known for Idealized figure sculpture.

Harriet Hosmer, a highly famous sculptor of the nineteenth century, was the first woman to break into the all-male world of neo-classical sculpture, a situation that caused her much torment and teasing. She also determined not to marry, convinced that a talented woman had to choose between being a wife and mother and a professional and that it was not possible to do a good job of both.

Hosmer was raised in Watertown, Massachusetts by an indulgent father in a family where the mother and three other children had died of tuberculosis. He was determined to save this daughter and established a rigorous exercise program that included mountain climbing (a peak in Missouri is named for her) long bicycle rides, and shooting expeditions.

As a result of these physical challenges, she was a much more active and independent child than most of her peers, but she was so difficult to discipline that her father sent her to a school called Mrs. Sedgewick's in Lenox, Massachusetts. It was   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6132 characters.]  Artist bio

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