Julia Bracken Wendt

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Julia Bracken Wendt

Julia M. Bracken Wendt , (born June 10, 1868 in Apple River , Illinois , † June 22, 1942 in Laguna Beach , California ) was an American sculptor. She was one of the artists of the White Rabbits .

Life

Julia Bracken was born in Apple River in 1868 as one of twelve children to Irish Catholic parents Andrew and Mary MacNamara Bracken. In some sources the year of birth is given as 1871. The family moved to Galena , Illinois in 1876 . Her mother died in 1880. After her mother's death, Julia Bracken left the family at the age of thirteen and later found work as a domestic servant. Her employer saw her talent and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago . There she studied with Lorado Taft from 1881 to 1887 . She then became Taft's assistant, taught his students, and became a member of the White Rabbits group, a group of young female sculptors who collaborated with Taft on exhibits for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and with their own works at the World's Fair were represented.

For the world exhibition she created the statue "Illinois Welcoming the Nations of the World" as a work of art, which greeted visitors at the door of the women's exhibition room in the Illinois State Building. Today it is located in the Illinois State Capitol . Together with the White Rabbits she worked on the “flying figures” of the “Woman Building” and on the entrance statues of the “Horticultural Building”.

On June 27, 1906, she married the landscape painter William Wendt (1865–1946) of German descent and moved with him to Los Angeles , California. There she continued to work as a sculptor. She taught at Otis College of Art and Design and founded the California Art Club with her husband in 1909 . She was a member of the National Sculpture Society . After the WorldUniverselle s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, she took part in the Pan-California Expo in San Diego in 1915 .

Julia Bracken Wendt died on June 22, 1942 in Laguna Beach, California. She didn't have any children. Her grave is in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange. Her husband William Wendt died in 1946.

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Exhibitions

She participated in the following exhibitions:

  • World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
  • Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, AIC, 1895
  • Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, AIC, 1899–1910 (9 times)
  • St Louis / Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
  • Chicago Municipal League, 1905
  • Pan-California Expo, San Diego, 1915
  • California Art Club, 1918
  • Solo exhibitions with her husband, AIC, 1909–1921
  • National Sculpture Society, 1929
  • National Sculpture Society, Los Angeles (CA) Museum

Awards

She received numerous awards:

  • For "Illinois Welcoming the Nations" for the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892
  • For Exposition Park, Los Angeles
  • For "Battle Monument", Missionary Ridge (TN)
  • Sculpture Prize, Chicago, 1898
  • Municipal Art League Prize, Chicago, 1905
  • Gold Medal, Pan-California Expo, San Diego, 1915
  • Harrison Prize, Los Angeles, 1918

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In some sources 1871 is given as the year of birth. 1868 is engraved on her tombstone
  2. ↑ a b c Julia M. Bracken Wendt (1869-1942) - Find A Grave ... In: findagrave.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .
  3. ^ Citizens of Jo Daviess County (Biographies). In: illinoisgenweb.org. jodaviess.illinoisgenweb.org, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Julia M Bracken Wendt - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Julia M Bracken Wendt. In: askart.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .
  5. ^ North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5 , pp. 573 ( books.google.de ).
  6. ^ Women's Public Art & Architecture: 1893 Exposition - page 2. In: arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Los Angeles Herald March 27, 1910 - California Digital Newspaper Collection. In: ucr.edu. cdnc.ucr.edu, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  8. ↑ American Art Colonies, 1850-1930: A Historical Guide to America's Original Art Colonies and Their Artists . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-29619-2 , pp. 46 ( books.google.de ).
  9. ^ Julia Bracken Wendt: Sculptor with Feminist Sensibilities. In: blogspot.de. womenoutwest.blogspot.de, accessed April 1, 2018 (English).
  10. ↑ a b Julia Bracken Wendt | Illinois Women Artist. In: bradley.edu. iwa.bradley.edu, accessed April 1, 2018 .

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SURNAME Wendt, Julia Bracken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendt, Julia M. Bracken; Bracken, Julia M. (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptress
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Apple River , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1942
Place of death Laguna Beach , California