Young Mother, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Met Museum of Art - Photo Museum Store Company

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Young Mother, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Met Museum of Art

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At age nineteen, Potter was already exhibiting and selling her work in various Chicago art shows and at twenty-two, she opened her first studio. Using her female friends as models, she received much attention for her small portrait statuettes called Potterines. Potter moved on to display her work with the New York Society of American Artists. She traveled to France making a pilgrimage to Rodins studio. Contrary to the turn to larger more monumental sculpture in the 1920s and 1930s, Potter chose to sculpt on a smaller scale. Her style matured and was well received both publicly and critically. In 1899, she married the American Impressionist painter Robert Vonnoh and settled in New York City. Potter was distinguished by becoming the first permanent woman sculptor member of the National Academy of Design.

Bonded Stone, 9.25"