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Keep in Book VONNOH, Bessie Potter, N.A., (vonino), sculptor; b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17, 1872; d. Alexander C. and Mary McKenny Potter; pupil Art Institute, Chicago and Lorado Taft; m. Robert William Vonnoh, Set. 17, 1899; Two bronze Medals, Paris Exposition, 1900; Honorable Mention, Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. Gold Medal, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Commemorative Diploma, Universal Exposition, St. Louis 1904; Julia A. Shaw Prize, National Academy of Design, 1904; Silver Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Fransisco, 1915; Watrous Gold Medal, National Academy of Design, 1921. Represented: Metropolitan Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum; Corcoran Art Gallery Washington; Fairmont Park, Philadelphia; Blackstone Library; Newbury Library, Chicago, Memorial Park, Batavia, NY.; Museum of Natural History, New York (Bronze Bust of Dr. Chapman); Senate Building, Washington (Marble Bust of Vice Pres Sherman); Seventh Regiment Armory, New York; Newark Museum; Balboa Park, San Diego; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Fort Worth Museum of Art; Cincinnati Museum; Detroit Museum; College of Industrial Arts, Denton Texas; Lawrence College, Wisconsin; Highland Park Society of Art, Dallas; Imperial Museum, Tokyo; Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia. Made: Roosevelt Memorial Bird Fountain, Oyster Bay Long Island; Childrens' Garden Fountain Group, Central Park New York; Life Size gold statue of Maude Adams. Member: National Academy of Design, Society of American Artists, National Sculpture Society, National Institute of Arts and Letters, National Arts Club, Lyme Art Association. Home and Studio 33 West 67th Street, New York; Summer home: Lyme. Conn. [[right margin]] Oregon State College Corvallis [[/right margin]] Special exhibitions Durand Ruehl Paris 1910 Int. Society of Painters and Sculptors and Gravers. 1910 Corcoran Art Gallery Washington D.C. McClees Gallery Phila. Pa. 1911 Montress Gallery N.Y. City 1913 Brooklyn Museum 1913 Doll and Richards Boston 1914 Art Institute Chicago Ill. 1914 Newarl Museum N.J. 1914 City Museum St.Louis Mo. 1915 Rochester Museum N.Y. 1916 Gage Gallery Cleveland Ohio 1916 Fine Arts Institute Kansas City Mo. 1916 Corcoran Art Gallery Washington D.C. 1917 Art Institute Chicago Ill. 1920 Cannell and Chaffin Los Angeles Cal. 1920 Kansas City Art Institute 1924 Stendahl Galleries Los Angeles 1924 Gage Galleries Cleveland Ft. Worth Musee. Texas 1928 Highland Park Society of Arts Witt Mem. Musee 1928 Del Gado Musee 1930
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