Myra Reynolds Richards

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Myra Reynolds Richards
Born1882
Indianapolis, Indiana
Died1934
NationalityAmerican
EducationJohn Herron Art Institute
Known forsculpture
The sculptor Myra Reynolds Richards stands in front of the bronze sculpture she made in 1918 for the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain in Delphi, Indiana.

Myra Reynolds Richards (31 January 1882 – 1934) was an

American sculptor and teacher. She was born in Indianapolis. She studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis mainly under Mary Y. Robinson, Roda Selleck, and Otto Stark, J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, 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]

She was an instructor of anatomy and modelling class at the Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis from 1920. She become the head of department of anatomy and sculpture at Herron Art Institute before her resignation at 1929. [3]

Selected works[edit]

James Whitcomb Riley, 1918

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
  2. ^ ""Pioneer Family", by Myra Reynolds Richards, 1924". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  3. ^ Gaskins, SFP: Kayla. "ArtSmart: Indiana | Richards, Myra Reynolds Pioneer Family, 1924". ArtSmart: Indiana. Retrieved 2021-08-08.