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Elisabeth Ney
Carrie Pease Graham, 1895
Elisabeth Ney was a celebrated sculptor and pioneer in the development of art in the state of Texas. A native German, she attended the Munich Academy of Art and then moved to Berlin to study under Christian Daniel Rauch. While in Berlin, she completed well-known busts of Arthur Schopenhauer, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Otto von Bismarck. She moved to the United States with her husband, and eventually settled in Texas in 1873. After her death, her friends established the Texas Fine Arts Association in her honor. Her works follow a classical German style with an emphasis on realism and accurate scale. |