Elsie Ward (1872/74 - 1923) American sculptor born in Fayette, Missouri

Fayette, Missouri

Fayette is a city in Howard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,793 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howard County. It is in the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

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Ward began her art studies in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

, studying with Preston Powers

Preston Powers

Preston Powers American sculptor, painter and teacher, born in Florence, Italy.Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neo-classical sculptor and expatriate who lived in Italy. After returning to the United States, the younger Powers worked as an artist in Boston...

. After moving to New York

New York City

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 she attended the Art Students League where she studied with Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French was an American sculptor. His best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.-Life and career:...

, H. Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray

Henry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist.-Biography:He was born of English parents at Alexandria, Egypt. His father, George M. Mowbray, was an expert in explosives. Left an orphan, the son was taken to America by an uncle, who settled at North Adams, Massachusetts...

 and Augustus Saint Gaudens. She then became an assistant to Saint Gaudens, completing some of his commissions following his death in 1907. While working for him she met another of his assistants, Henry Hering

Henry Hering

Henry Hering was an American sculptor who was born New York City on February 15, 1874 and died there on January 17, 1949.-Early career:He was a student of Augustus Saint-Gaudens at Cooper Union and of Philip Martiny at the Art Students League of New York...

. "After her marriage to Henry Hering in 1910, she seldom worked independently but assisted her husband on his projects."

Work

• Boy and Frog, 1904, This work won the bronze medal at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition
  Louisiana Purchase Exposition
  The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1904.- Background :...
  
   and copies are located at both Brookgreen Gardens
  Brookgreen Gardens
  Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve, located just south of Murrells Inlet, in South Carolina. The property includes several themed gardens with American figurative sculptures placed in them, the Lowcountry Zoo, and trails through several ecosystems in nature reserves on...
  
   and the Denver Botanic Gardens
  Denver Botanic Gardens
  The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public botanical garden located in Denver, Colorado in the Cheesman Park neighborhood. The park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater, which hosts various concerts in the summer...
  
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• Large figure of George Rogers Clark
  George Rogers Clark
  George Rogers Clark was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky militia throughout much of the war...
  
  for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, that was later permanently erected in St. Louis.