biografía de Edith PARSONS (1878-1956)

Lugar de nacimiento: Houston, VA

Direcciones: NYC

Profesión: Sculptor

Estudios: ASL with Twachtman, French & Barnard, 1901-02 (won scholarships and sculp. prize)

Exposiciones: figures for the Liberal Arts Bldg., St. Louis Expo, 1904; NAD, 1908-33 (13 annuals); Arch. Lg., NYC; NSS; PAFA Ann., 1911-34 (16 annuals); "Duck Baby," Pan-Pacific Expo, San Francisco, 1915; AIC, 1916-24 (6 annuals); CPLH, 1929.

Asociaciones: NSS; NAWA, 1919

Obra: fountain, Memphis (TN) Pub. Park; "Frog Baby" fountain, Brookgreen Gardens, SC; "Turtle Baby," Cleveland Mus.; "Bird Baby," Brooks Mem. Art Gal., Memphis, TN; Library Arts Bldg., St. Louis, MO; mon., St. Paul, MO; MMA; WWI mem., Summit, NJ

Comentarios: (Mrs. Howard Crosby Parsons). Parsons specialized in sculptures of babies, usually featured in fountains. Parsons also produced busts and memorials.

Fuentes: WW47; Art by American Women: ...the Collection of L. and A. Sellars, 142; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors, 161-62; Falk, Exh. Record Series.