With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Anna Hyatt Huntington
Sculpture
1876 – 1973
Huntington was an internationally renowned sculptor whose work is displayed in hundreds of museums and public spaces throughout the world. Furthermore, as other artists of the area, the Huntingtons retreated to the rural areas of Fairfield County to escape fast paced New York City.
- Biography/Description of Work
Anna Hyatt Huntington was born in Boston, became interested in sculpture in her teens, and studied in Boston and at the Art Students League in New York City. However, she mostly taught herself the art of sculpture. She had a keen knowledge of animal anatomy and often sculpted animals throughout her lifetime. In 1923, she married Archer Huntington (1870-1955), one of the wealthiest men of the time and a philanthropist who enjoyed writing poetry and translating Spanish writings. Huntington is most known for her Joan of Arc statue in New York City; and the Cid Campeador statue in Seville, Spain. She also created many statues for the Town of Redding. While living at Stanerigg, she experimented with aluminum and other alloys, but many of her statues are cast in bronze.
- Sources view
- Mark Twain Library in Redding, Uconn Database, Historic New York Times, They All Lived in Redding by Dennis Paget, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hyatt_Huntington, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Milton_Huntington, http://www.bronze-gallery.com/sculptors/artist.cfm?sculptorID=75, http://www.brookgreen.org/gardens-overview.html, http://www.scmuseum.org/women/Huntington.html, http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-anna-hyatthuntington-11738, http://www.wildlifeart.org/collection/artists/artist-anna-vaughn-hyatt-huntington-336/, http://huntingtonbotanical.org/Rose/Subrosa/42/annahyatt.htm
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