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Brenda Putnam

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Brenda Putnam (1890 - 1975) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, New York, Minnesota.  Brenda Putnam is known for Sculptor-garden figure, portrait busts.

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 Sculptor Brenda Putnam was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1890. She established a studio in New York City in 1910. After a period of success in a detailed, conventional representational style from that time until around 1925 with portraits, animals and cherubs on garden fountains, Putnam became dissatisfied with her work. She traveled to Florence, Italy, no doubt to recharge her inspiration at the source of great Renaissance sculpture. She also wished to pursue her interest in the more modern simplicity of the emerging Art Deco style, combined with timeless sculptural values, through work with Libero Andreotti. The work and ideas of Cubist sculptor Alexander Archipenko also apparently refreshed her thinking.

Putnam's sculpture may be found in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina; and four Washington, D.C. venues, the United States Capitol Building; bas-reliefs over the visitors gallery in the United States House of Representat   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4296 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Brenda Putnam

   Publications  Book References:  22
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Brenda Putnam
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Masterworks of American Sculpture December 1999 Coles, William A Yes
22 Book References for Brenda Putnam
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
2003 Austin, Robert Michael Artists of the Litchfield Hills
(Exhibition catalog)		 132 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 McMahan, Virgil E The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996 240 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
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
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
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1968 Protske, Beatrice Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture 0 No
1966 Editors Who's Who in American Art, 1966 0 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1939 Putnam, Brenda The Sculptor's Way 0 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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