Carol B. MacNeil - Nude Study

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Carol Brooks MacNeil

American - Chicago

(1871-1944)

Nude study painted in Paris in 1927

Framed: 36” x 27”

A well-known sculptor in her own right, Mrs. MacNeil was born in Chicago, where some of her early work was shown at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Later she studied art in Italy for three years and in Paris for one year, where she exhibited at the Salon and won an honorable mention at the International Exhibition in 1900. Her works are on display in several museums and elsewhere. she executed any children's busts and was a member of the National Sculpture Society.

Per Wikipedia:

Carol Brooks MacNeil (January 15, 1871 – June 22, 1944)[1] was an American sculptor, born in Chicago where she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Lorado Taft. MacNeil modeled many charming and unique designs for vases, teapots, inkstands, and other decorative and useful objects, as well as children's busts, including those of her two sons, and statuettes.

Life

The daughter of a painter father,[2] MacNeil chose instead to work in sculpture. MacNeil studied in Paris under Frederick William MacMonnies and Jean Antoine Injalbert. She was one of the "white rabbits" who worked for Lorado Taft at the World Columbian Exposition of 1893, along with other female artists including Helen F. Mears. In 1895, she married Hermon Atkins MacNeil, a sculptor of American Indians and heroic monuments.[3] They had two sons, Claude A. MacNeil and Alden B. MacNeil.[1]MacNeil evidently collaborated with her husband on at least one project, a sculpture of William McKinley in the William McKinley Monument in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, which was dedicated in September 1907.[4]

MacNeil took responsibility in raising her two children which allowed for less time toward her artwork causing her to produce a limited number of artworks after their birth. [5]

MacNeil won an honorable mention at the International Exposition of 1900 and a silver medal in the same year at the Exposition Universelle.[6] In 1904, she was awarded a bronze medal for a fountain at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held in St. Louis.[3]She was a member of the National Sculpture Society.[1]

A longtime resident of the College Point neighborhood in Queens, New York, MacNeil died in the borough's Jamaica Hospital.

Carol Brooks MacNeil

American - Chicago

(1871-1944)

Nude study painted in Paris in 1927

Framed: 36” x 27”

A well-known sculptor in her own right, Mrs. MacNeil was born in Chicago, where some of her early work was shown at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Later she studied art in Italy for three years and in Paris for one year, where she exhibited at the Salon and won an honorable mention at the International Exhibition in 1900. Her works are on display in several museums and elsewhere. she executed any children's busts and was a member of the National Sculpture Society.

Per Wikipedia:

Carol Brooks MacNeil (January 15, 1871 – June 22, 1944)[1] was an American sculptor, born in Chicago where she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Lorado Taft. MacNeil modeled many charming and unique designs for vases, teapots, inkstands, and other decorative and useful objects, as well as children's busts, including those of her two sons, and statuettes.

Life

The daughter of a painter father,[2] MacNeil chose instead to work in sculpture. MacNeil studied in Paris under Frederick William MacMonnies and Jean Antoine Injalbert. She was one of the "white rabbits" who worked for Lorado Taft at the World Columbian Exposition of 1893, along with other female artists including Helen F. Mears. In 1895, she married Hermon Atkins MacNeil, a sculptor of American Indians and heroic monuments.[3] They had two sons, Claude A. MacNeil and Alden B. MacNeil.[1]MacNeil evidently collaborated with her husband on at least one project, a sculpture of William McKinley in the William McKinley Monument in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, which was dedicated in September 1907.[4]

MacNeil took responsibility in raising her two children which allowed for less time toward her artwork causing her to produce a limited number of artworks after their birth. [5]

MacNeil won an honorable mention at the International Exposition of 1900 and a silver medal in the same year at the Exposition Universelle.[6] In 1904, she was awarded a bronze medal for a fountain at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held in St. Louis.[3]She was a member of the National Sculpture Society.[1]

A longtime resident of the College Point neighborhood in Queens, New York, MacNeil died in the borough's Jamaica Hospital.

Carol Brook MacNeil was one of the founding members of the “White Rabbits” Movement.

Per Wikipedia:

Horticultural Building

The White Rabbits were a group of women sculptors who worked with Lorado Taft at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.

As the date of the world fair's opening grew closer, Taft realized that he would not be able to complete the decorations in time. Discovering that all the male sculptors he had in mind were already employed elsewhere, he asked Daniel Burnham if he could use women assistants, an occurrence that was virtually unheard of at that time. Burnham's reply was that Taft could "hire anyone, even white rabbits, if they can get the work done."[1] Taft, an instructor of sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute who had many qualified women students and who frequently employed women assistants himself, brought in a group of women assistants who were promptly dubbed "the White Rabbits."