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Edith Burroughs

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Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871 - 1916) was active/lived in New York.  Edith Burroughs is known for Sculptor-portrait, medallion.

Edith Woodman Burroughs is described by sculptor Lorado Taft as one of the few American sculptors to develop an original style at the beginning of the century. She simplified the forms in her sculpture under the influence of Aristide Maillol, and would probably have gone further in that direction, but her early death abruptly ended her career.

Born in Riverdale, New York, Edith Woodman was already studying at the Art Students League with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Kenyon Cox at the age of fifteen. At eighteen, she was supporting herself working on figures for churches, and teaching.

In 1893, while in England, she married the painter Bryson Burroughs (later the curator of paintings at New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art). She studied sculpture with Injalbert and painting with Luc Olivier Merson in Paris for two years. During travels in France, she was greatly moved by the Gothic sculpture on the cathedrals of Chartres and Amiens. Working in the richly detailed neobaroque   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2270 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Edith Burroughs


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Medallic Art, Medallions, Medals, Coin Design
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
  • Europe
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • National Sculpture Society
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Sculpture Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Armory Show 1913, New York

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