Myra Reynolds Richards
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James Whitcomb Riley, 1918
Myra Reynolds Richards (31 January 1882 in Indianapolis – 1934) was an American sculptor and teacher. She studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis with J. Ottis Adams, Helene Hibben, Rudolf Schwarz, and George Julian Zolnay.[1] She also studied in New York under Isidore Konti and in Paris with Charles Despiau at the Académie Scandinave.[2]
Richards taught at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis.[3]
Selected works
- James Whitcomb Riley statue, Hancock County Courthouse, Greenfield, Indiana, 1918
- Pan, 1923. Richards' Pan was stolen in 1970 and the current work is a replacement.
- Syrinx, 1923. Richards' Syrinx was stolen in 1959 and the current statue is a replacement.
Sources
- ↑ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
- ↑ "Pioneer Family", by Myra Reynolds Richards, 1924
- ↑ Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
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