Caroline Peddle Ball
Caroline Peddle Ball | |
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 Ball working in her Paris studio | |
| Born | November 11, 1869 Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Died | October 1, 1938 (aged 68) Harwinton, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
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Bertrand E. Ball (m. 1902) |
Caroline Peddle Ball (November 11, 1869 – October 1, 1938)[1] was an American sculptor. She exhibited at both the 1893 Chicago Exposition and the 1900 Paris Exhibition.
Biography
Caroline Peddle was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 11, 1869.[2] She studied art at the Rose Polytechnic Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[3] She continued her education at the Art Students League of New York, under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Kenyon Cox.[3] She was a member of the Guild of Arts and Crafts and of Art Students' League.
Peddle Ball worked for the Tiffany Glass Company which exhibited her design at the 1893 Chicago Exposition.[3]
In the late 1890's Peddle Ball traveled to Europe. She was in Florence, Italy from September 1895 to March 1896. She had a studio in Paris for several years beginning in May 1897.[2]
She received honorable mention at Paris Exhibition, 1900 the figure "Victory" on the United States building at the Exposition.[2] Additionally she created a memorial fountain at Flushing, Long Island, a medallion portrait of Miss Cox of Terre Haute, a monument to a child in the same city.[4]
Peddle Ball returned to the United States in 1902. She maintained a working studio for the rest of her life, specializing in small bronzes depicting children.[5]
Peddle Ball married Bertrand E. Ball on October 16, 1902. They had one child. The marriage would end in divorce.[2]
She died in Connecticut on October 1, 1938.[2]
References
- ^ "Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball, [ca. 1890-1893]". Smithsonian. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Caroline Peddle Ball Collection". Vigo County Public Library. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Nichols, K.L. "Caroline Peddle Ball (1869 - 1938)". Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Waters, Clara Erskine Clement (1904). Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. (Public domain ed.). Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 25–.
- ^ "Sculpture of a Girl with Book by Caroline Peddle Ball". Bronze Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: C. E. C. Waters' "Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D." (1904)
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