Frances Murphy Goodwin (1855–1929)[1] was born in Newcastle, Indiana[2] to one of the city's oldest families.[3] Both she and her sister, Helen Goodwin, were well known in Indiana artist circles.[2] Goodwin briefly attended The Indiana Art School before moving to the Art Institute of Chicago to study painting.[4] She soon discovered her love for sculpting and eventually worked as a student under the sculptor Lorado Taft while at Chicago.[3] She also studied sculpture at the Art Student's League in New York City with the sculptor Daniel Chester French.[1] Goodwin eventually traveled and studied art around Europe for four and a half years[4] and set up a studio in Paris with her sister.[3] She died in Newcastle at the age of seventy-four.[2] A year later, in 1930, the Henry County Historical Society planned to commission a memorial for their grounds dedicated to Frances Goodwin and modeled after a bird fountain she had created at the Newcastle Public Library.[3]
Art career
editFrances Goodwin's first commission was for Education, a sculpture displayed in the Indiana building at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893[2] for which she earned an honorable mention.[4] The statue later found its way into the Office of the Governor of Indiana.[3] Goodwin's other works include a marble statue of Schuyler Colfax in the senate gallery at the U.S. Capitol and a bronze memorial of Captain Everet Benjamin in New York.[2] Her busts of Newcastle poet Benjamin S. Parker and Indianapolis rector Reverend James D. Stanley were on display both at the Historical Society of Henry County and at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis. She also sculpted many studies of baby hands, which were popular with the public.[3] After living in Paris for a few years, she returned to the U.S. to compete for the commission of the Robert Dale Owen Memorial[2] and opened a temporary studio in Indianapolis to create the clay mold of the future artwork.[4] She returned to Paris to cast the final bronze bust.[4]
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Cassell, Frank A.; Marguerite E. Cassell (June 1984). "Pride, Profits, and Politics: Indiana and the Columbian Exposition of 1893". Indiana Magazine of History 80 (2). http://www.jstor.org/stable/27790787. Retrieved December 8, 2010. http://bl-libg-doghill.ads.iu.edu/gpd-web/IndianaWorldsFair/Part1(1-21).pdf http://www.jstor.org/pss/27790787
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Arts Council of Indianapolis. (n.d.). Public art Indianapolis. Provides a Public Art Locator with specific information about a work of art. Also has further Resources to explore. Art guide to Indiana: A Bulletin of the Extension Division at Indiana University. (1931). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University. At main branch of IMCPL in the "Indiana - Art- 1900-1939" folder in the "Indiana - Architects F-H" drawer in the 4th floor vertical files. The index has lists of Indiana artists. This is a good sources for birth and death dates and other works. It's only worth a visit if you are already at the library, don't make a special trip. Boswell, J.P. (1929). History makers and public memorials. Indiana History Bulletin: 4(1). Indianapolis: Bureau of the Indiana Lirary and History Department. In the "Monuments - Indiana" folder at the IMA. Don't make a special trip just for this book, but if you are there, it is worth taking a look. The librarian is keeping this folder out for our class. Burnett, M. (1921). Art and artists of Indiana. New York: The New Century Co. Google Books. Book includes illustrations of artists and sculptures and will likely be available in libraries; definitely available at IMA. Google Book link provides written information, but limited in illustrations provided. Please note that it was published in 1921. Do not make a special trip to look for photos/illustrations in hard copy - don't believe any Statehouse artwork/artists are pictured. Falk, P.H. (1999) Who was who in American art: 1564-1975. USA:Sound View Press. Definitely available at IMA library, possibly at IMCPL. Good for a quick record of artist dates, works, locations, etc. Indiana Department of Administration. (n.d.). The Statehouse Story. The First One Hundred Years section specifically mentions art, but there may be more information throughout the document. Indiana Department of Administration. (2001). Indiana Statehouse - A Guided Tour We all have the paper copies that Jennifer gave us, but here is an on-line source that can be cited. Indiana Historical Bureau. (n.d.) List of Governors. For citeable information on any governors honored in Statehouse art. Robert M. Taylor [et al.] (1989). Indiana, A New Historical Guide. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. "Suggestions From Art Advisory Committee," Meeting. (July 23, 1958). Notes from the meeting. Topics covered: Suggestions for use of available space, General remarks on themes and type of art, selection of artists, Budget, and Needs of art committee. Hard copy located at Indianapolis Museum of Art, Stout Reference Library. "Statehouse Art Rule Changes Proposed." Indianapolis Star, February 28, 1968. Lists 6 guidelines which changed the arrangement of various artwork in the interior of the Statehouse. Might be interesting to include in all articles for Statehouse artworks but particularly affected the Willard and Bolton plaques. Hard copy available at Indianapolis Museum of Art, Stout Reference Library and at IMCPL main branch, 4th floor verticle files in the "Indianapolis-State Capitol (Statehouse)" folder. Smithsonian Institution. (n.d.). Outdoor sculpture search database. Searchable database for all sculptures catalogued. Can search by date, location, type of work, name, etc. Traditional Fine Arts Organization. (2010). Indiana Art History. http://www.henrycountyarts.org/
- ^ a b Kloss, William (2001–2002). United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art (Senate Document 107-11) (PDF). United States Senate. pp. 82–83. Retrieved 17 November 17, 2010.
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