Emma Stebbins

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Emma Stebbins

Emma Stebbins (born September 1, 1815 in New York City , † October 25, 1882 there ) was an American sculptor .

Life

Stebbins was the daughter of John Stebbins (February 1, 1783 - September 16, 1834) and his wife Mary (née Largin, † April 18, 1874). She was born in New York City, the sixth of nine children, and showed artistic talent in her childhood. She initially worked as a painter and made portraits and paintings in oil and as watercolors, chalk drawings or pastel.

Stebbins was elected Associate Member ( ANA ) by the National Academy of Design in 1842 . In 1857 Stebbins moved to Rome , where she studied with John Gibson and Paul Aker. This training was funded by her brother Henry George Stebbins , who ran the New York Stock Exchange at the time. In Rome, Stebbins fell in love with the actress Charlotte Saunders Cushman . Cushman was confident, strong, and charismatic and had just ended a ten-year relationship with actor Matilda Hays when she met Stebbins. Stebbins and Cushman traveled on together and took a trip to Naples . After they returned to New York City together, they spent their time with a circle of befriended lesbian women, including the sculptors Harriet Hosmer and Edmonia Lewis . In this closer environment, Stebbins and Cushman showed their relationship openly.

One of the recognized works that Stebbins created as a sculptor was a bust of Cushman, which was created between 1850 and 1859. Cushman developed breast cancer in 1869 and has been cared for by Stebbins since then. Cushman died of pneumonia in 1876 at the age of 59. Stebbins died in 1882 at the age of 67. Stebbins was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn , New York City.

family

Stebbins had eight siblings, their father was the director of New York's North River Bank. He had married Mary Largin on September 29, 1804, a daughter of Michael Largin. Her siblings were:

  • Eliza (July 14, 1805 - August 8, 1806).
  • John Wilson (April 6, 1807 - July 4, 1837) continued his father's business after his death and was a founding member of the "Mercantile Library Association".
  • Charles Largin (July 18, 1809 - April 2, 1836).
  • Henry George (September 15, 1811 - December 9, 1881) ⚭ Sarah Augusta Weston, was a politician and head of the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Mary (born September 22, 1813) ⚭ John H. Garland.
  • Angelina (born July 26, 1818) ⚭ Alexander Pleming.
  • William Augustus (born August 10, 1820) ⚭ Julia Morris
  • Caroline Town, (January 22, 1824) ⚭ John Rollin Tilton.

Works (selection)

Bethesda Fountain

As a sculptor, Stebbins created numerous statuettes. Best known is her figure group Angel of the Waters from 1873. This figure group is also known as the Bethesda Fountain and is located on Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, New York City.

Her bronze statue (1860) of the American education reformer Horace Mann was placed in front of the State House in Boston in 1865 .

A marble statue of the explorer Columbus is in front of the Supreme Court of the State of New York , the Supreme Court in New York City.

She also made a bust of her brother John Wilson Stebbins, which was placed in the Mercantile Library in New York.

literature

Web links

Commons : Emma Stebbins  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ralph Stebbins Greenlee, Robert Lemuel Greenlee: John Stebbins . In: The Stebbins genealogy . tape 1 . MA Donahue, Chicago, Ill. 1904, p. 496–497 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ Nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "S" / Stebbins, Emma ANA 1842 , accessed April 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c Tee A. Corinne: Stebbins, Emma (1815–1882). In: Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer. 2015 ( glbtqarchive.com PDF);
    Claude Summers: The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts . Cleis Press Start, 2012, ISBN 978-1-57344-874-1 , pp. 289 ( books.google.de - excerpt).
  4. ↑ Bethesda Fountain centralparknyc.org.
  5. ^ Columbus Statue in Brooklyn Columbus Monuments Pages.
personal data
SURNAME Stebbins, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stebbins, Mary Emma Flood
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptress
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1882
Place of death New York City