Mary Moore (sculptor)

Mary Ethelwyn Moore (April 28, 1887, or 1881[1] – 1967) was an American sculptor and teacher born in Taunton, Massachusetts, best known for her fountains, including the Small Child Fountain[2] located in the Boston Public Garden,[3] busts, and relief portraits. She studied sculpture at the school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Bela Pratt, Charles Grafly,[4] and F. E. Elwell[4] and she also taught there and at the Beaver Country Day School.

Among her students was Brenda Putnam.[5]

Moore was a member of the National Sculpture Society and showed at their 1929 exhibition.[6]

References

1. McGlauflin, Alice Coe, ed., ‘’Who’s Who in American Art 1938-1939” vol.2, The American Federation of Arts, Washington D.C., 1937 pp. 370-371
2. Moore, Mary E. (1 January 1929). "Small Child Fountain" – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
3. Carlock, Marty, A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth, The Harvard Common Press, Boston MA, 1988 p. 36
4. Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 505
5. Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens, 1968 p.244
6. National Sculpture Society, Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, The National Sculpture Society 1929, p.231