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1975, Concord, New Hampshire, United States The Sculptor's Way: A Guide to Modelling and Sculpture Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi Herbert Putnam, George Palmer Putnam, Mary Corinna Putnam J |
Brenda Putnam (1890–1975) was a noted American sculptor and author. Born into a well-connected family, she was the daughter of Herbert Putnam and granddaughter of George Palmer Putnam.
Her work can be seen at Syracuse University's Carnegie Library.
Putnam's book The Sculptor's Way: A guide to modelling and sculpture was first published in 1939 and is still considered a classic on the subject.
Puck by Brenda Putnam, marble, at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.. 1932
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Folger Shakespeare Library (1932)
Flight University of Notre Dame, Snite Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana and Harvard University, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942
William Adams Delano, 1950, National Academy of Design, New York
Harriet, Isabella and Katherine Beecher. Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut
Jane Addams, Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York
Pablo Casals, Hispanic Society of America, New York and Vil·la Casals, Sant Salvador del Vendrell (Catalonia)
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Portrait of Amelia Earhart, Syracuse University
John Mapother, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
several pieces at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Cleveland Centennial half dollar, 1936.
Simon Memorial 1917, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C.
Carefree Days ca. 1932, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California
Fortitude, Kindliness, Vision 1943, Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
"Porter monument", Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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