Carol Brooks MacNeil

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Carol Brooks MacNeil with her sons

Carol Carrie Louise Brooks MacNeil (born January 15, 1871 in Chicago , Illinois , † June 22, 1944 in New York City ) was an American sculptor and painter . She was one of the artists in the White Rabbits group .

Life

Carol Louise Brooks was born in Chicago in 1871. Her father was a painter. In Chicago she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft . She became a member of the White Rabbits group, a group of young female sculptors who worked with Taft on exhibits for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 , and who had their own works at the World's Fair. For the exhibition she made the allegorical sculpture “Charity” for the Illinois Building.

She completed her studies in Paris , where she studied with Frederick William MacMonnies and Jean-Antoine Injalbert . There she won the silver medal of the Salon des artistes français . She married the sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil in Chicago in 1895 , traveled with him to Rome , where they lived for three years, and later they went to Paris for a year. In 1901 they returned to the United States and settled in New York City.

Her work includes the design of vases, teapots, samovars, ink containers, and other decorative and useful objects, as well as children's busts, including that of their two sons, and statuettes. She also worked as a painter. She was known for her portraits of young children.

Carol Brooks MacNeil and Hermon A. MacNeil had two sons. Carol Brooks MacNeil died on June 22, 1944 in New York City, where she had lived with her family in the borough of Queens .

plant

  • "Charity" (for the Illinois Building)
  • "Giotto"
  • Small sculptures such as vases, samovars, teapots and statuettes

Exhibitions

She participated in the following exhibitions:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Macneil, Carol Brooks | Benezit Dictionary of Artists. In: oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Carol Brooks MacNeil | Illinois Women Artist. In: bradley.edu. iwa.bradley.edu, accessed April 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Walter Hines Page: The World's Work, vol. XIV . Doubleday, Page & Company, New York 1907, pp. 9403-9419.
  4. ^ Official guide to the World's Columbian exposition . Chicago, Ill .: The Columbian Guide Co., 1893.
  5. ↑ Carol Brooks MacNeil . In: Hermon A. MacNeil . 2011 ( hermonatkinsmacneil.com ).
  6. ^ A b Carol B. MacNeil - American Sculptor. In: bronze-gallery.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  7. ↑ American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalog of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885 . Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, ISBN 978-0-87099-923-9 , pp. 475 ( books.google.de ).
  8. ↑ American Sculpture at the Exposition, II . In: Brush and Pencil . tape 6 , no. 5 , 1900, pp. 211-219 , doi : 10.2307 / 25505569 , JSTOR : 25505569 .
  9. ↑ MRS. HERMON A. M'NEIL; Sculptor's Wife Also Painter and Sculptor in Own Right . In: The New York Times . 1944, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com ).

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SURNAME MacNeil, Carol Brooks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacNeil, Carol Louise Brooks; Brooks, Carol Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1944
Place of death New York City