Janet Scudder
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| Born |
October 27, 1869 Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Died | June 9, 1940 (aged 70) Rockport, Massachusetts |
| Education | Rose Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Cincinnati Art Academy, Académie Colarossi |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Janet Scudder (October 27, 1869 in Terre Haute, Indiana – June 9, 1940) was an American sculptor.
Born as Netta Deweze Frazee, Scudder's childhood was marred by tragedy. Her father was a hardworking Terre Haute, Indiana confectioner who was active in community affairs. Her mother died, aged 38, on September 6, 1874. Four of her seven siblings died before they reached adulthood. As a result of these tragedies, Scudder was raised by Hannah Hussey, the family maid, cook and nurse, but she resented her stepmother.
Scudder studied drawing as a child under Professor William Ames of Rose Polytechnic Institute of Technology, now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Despite his fragile financial resources, her father enrolled her in the Cincinnati Art Academy so she could study sculpture with Louis Rebisso but woodcarving became her primary interest. While enrolled there she adopted the given name "Janet". Her father, William Scudder, died September 15, 1888, while his precocious daughter was teaching woodcarving at Coates College for Women in Terre Haute.
Three years later, she moved to Chicago where she was briefly employed as a furniture carver before being asked by Lorado Taft to join the White Rabbits. She was also commissioned to create figures for the Indiana and Illinois buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition. Upon seeing Frederick W. MacMonnies' fountain the Barge of State there she decided to go to Paris and work for him, which she did, becoming the first woman to be employed at his atelier. She also studied at the Académie Colarossi.
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