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Abastenia St Leger Eberle

Abastenia St Leger Eberle (1878 - 1942) was active/lived in New York, Iowa.  Abastenia Eberle is known for Sculpture-immigrant figure.

A sculptor of highly realistic figures, Abastenia Eberle was especially focused on children of the Lower East Side of New York City when that part of the city was full of immigrants and of resulting social problems.  With the eye of a photojournalist and without sentimentality, she recorded the lives of these people including the plight of immigrant females in a piece titled White Slave.  This sculpture was her entry in the New York 1913 Armory Show and shocked people because it showed a girl being sold into white slavery.  Other works including The Dance of the Ghetto Children and Roller Skating showed youngsters at play, having spontaneous fun.

Eberle was born in Webster City, Iowa, and was raised primarily in Canton, Ohio where her father was a doctor who took her on house calls including to the home of a sculptor who inspired her career.   She first studied with Frank Vogan, a local artist. When she was twenty, she m   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1919 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

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Facts about Abastenia St Leger Eberle

   Publications  Book References:  39
Magazine References:  1

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Abastenia St Leger Eberle
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Freeing the Figure April 1996 Duncan, Michael No
39 Book References for Abastenia St Leger Eberle
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2001 Spanierman, Deborah (essay) 110 Years of American Art:1830-1940 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC)
(Exhibition catalog)
136 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1994 Bailey, Brooke The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists 207 No
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions 638 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1987 Heller, Nancy Women Artists An Illustrated History 224 Yes
1987 Tufts, Eleanor (others) American Women Artists 1830-1930
(Exhibition catalog)
256 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1981 Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)
196 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1979 Withers, Josephine Women Artists in Washington Collections
(Exhibition catalog)
144 Yes
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
336 Yes
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1965 Gerdts, William H Women Artists of America 1707-1964
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1963 Brown, Milton W The Story of the Armory Show
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1951 Baur, John I H Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art 170 No
1939 Ness, Zenobia; Louise Orwig Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years 253 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1925 National Academy of Design Commemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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