Family Spouse
Robert Vonnoh
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2899918 · wikidata
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh
1872-08-17 – 1955-03-08
Life & Legacy
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (August 17, 1872 – March 8, 1955) was an American sculptor best known for her small bronzes, mostly of domestic scenes, and for her garden fountains. Her stated artistic objective, as she told an interviewer in 1925, was to “look for beauty in the everyday world, to catch the joy and swing of modern American life.”
Occupation & Career
sculptor, artist
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Burnett Memorial Fountain
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Letters · National Academy of Design · Old Lyme Art Colony · White Rabbits
Notable Work
Burnett Memorial Fountain
Education & Institutions
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Verified Legacy Record
Notable Work
Burnett Memorial Fountain
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2899918 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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