Cleo Hartwig
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Cleo Hartwig was an American sculptor who worked in stone, wood, terra cotta, plaster, paper, woodcut, and ceramic. She won a number of awards, including national awards, and her work is exhibited acr
Cleo Hartwig carving wood, 1948
Fern — 1981, serpentine marble sculpture
National Academy of Design
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The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Frederick Styles Agate, Martin E. Thompson,
Cleo Hartwig
…Hungary, Rumania, and Germany. Hartwig then taught at the Ecole Francaise (1936 to 1939) in New York, and exhibited for the first time in New York at The National Academy of Design (113th Annual, 1938). In 1939 she made a summer trip to France to study art, but returned home hastily because of the growing hostilities. Hartwig took…
The academy's previous building at 1083 Fifth Avenue
The National Academy of Design in New York City. It was one of many Gothic revival buildings modeled on the Doge's Palace in Venice. Demolished 1901.
The National Academy School of Fine Arts
A few members in 1850 (L to R): Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Peters Gray, and founding member Asher Brown Durand.