Brenda Putnam

Brenda Putnam (1890-1975) 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.^[1]

Putnam's book, The Sculptor's Way: A guide to modelling and sculpture, was first published in 1939 ^[2] and is still considered a classic on the subject.

Work

• Puck by Brenda Putnam, marble, 1932, at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. ^[3]
• William Adams Delano, 1950, National Academy of Design, New York
• Harriet, Isabella and Katherine Beecher. Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut
• Flight 1942, University of Notre Dame, Snite Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana and Harvard University, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Jane Addams, Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York
• Pablo Casals, Hispanic Society of America, New York
• 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

Cemetery work

• 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 ^[4]

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