Sylvia Shaw Judson

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Sylvia Shaw Judson (born June 30, 1897 in Lake Forest (Illinois) , † 1978 ) was an American sculptor .

During her lifetime she was best known in the Chicago area, but her works were also shown in the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art .

The 1936 sculpture Bird Girl achieved great fame when it appeared on the cover of the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and the poster for the film of the same name . Since then, scaled down reproductions of the sculpture have been popular as garden decorations.

In 1965, Sylvia Shaw Judson was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "J" / Judson, Sylvia Shaw NA 1965 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 28, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

literature

  • Sandra Lee Underwood: The "Bird Girl". The Story of a Sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson . Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA 2006, ISBN 0-7643-2370-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Judson, Sylvia Shaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptress
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Lake Forest (Illinois)
DATE OF DEATH 1978